Unlike the steam locomotive, which required an hour or two of firing up before it was possible to move under its own power, nearly full power could be summoned almost instantly from the cold engine of a diesel locomotive.
it was possible to move under its own power, nearly full power could be summoned almost instantly from the cold engine of a diesel locomotive
it was possible to move under its own power, the diesel locomotive's engine, when cold, could produce nearly full power almost instantly
it could move under its own power, the diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine almost instantly
moving under its own power, the cold engine of the diesel locomotive could produce nearly full power almost instantly
moving under its own power, almost instantly a diesel locomotive could summon nearly full power from a cold engine
Ron: you shouldn\'t precede that with anything - such as the adverb (almost instantly) in choice (e). in order for the comparison to be clear, you MUST begin the main clause with the item that provides the other half of the comparison.
there\'s no difference.
\"(almost) instantly\" is an adverb.
there\'s only one action that could be modified by this adverb -- i.e., \"could summon...\" -- so the
比较对象要一致、
Ron: you shouldn\'t precede that with anything - such as the adverb (almost instantly) in choice (e). in order for the comparison to be clear, you MUST begin the main clause with the item that provides the other half of the comparison.
there\'s no difference.
\"(almost) instantly\" is an adverb.
there\'s only one action that could be modified by this adverb -- i.e., \"could summon...\" -- so the
a noun/the noun都可以表示一类,如novels ever written by a black American
E,before moving伴随状语相比C before it could move,没有表达出could之意
could这里是过去
the steam locomotive required an hour or two before moving under its own power,before作从属连词+现在分词,作时间状语,修饰required
E: a diesel 代表一个,需要the diesel 代表一类
选a 比较对象不行