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bed. 昨天我見到她時,她正臥病在床?! he old man lies ill and neglected in bed. 老人臥病在床,無人照管?! ?. The woman kept as near as she could to the children…這位婦女盡可能地靠近孩子…… keep在這里表示“保持(某種狀態(tài))”。 as…as one can/could和 as…as possible同義,都表示“盡可能……”: He got through as much food as he could and set out. 他吃了盡可能多的食物,然后出發(fā)了?! ell Jim to e to my office as soon as he can. 讓吉姆盡快到我的辦公室來。 5. She stamped out the letters‘SoS’ in the amp。quot。SOSamp。quot。這3個字母?! ut在這里為副詞,表示“出現(xiàn)”、“顯露”等: The writer has brought out another book. 這位作家又出版了一本書?! e wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. 他開列一張長長的單子,上面列了所有禁吃的食物?! ?. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. 不久,一架直升飛機飛抵飛機失事現(xiàn)場,來搭救這幾個幸存者?! ?1)to引導(dǎo)的不定式為目的狀語?! ?2)It was not long before…為固定句型,表示“不久就……”(也可以用 It will not be long before…表示將來可能發(fā)生的事), 其含義與before long(不久)相近,只是before在課文這個句型中是連詞,而在before long中為介詞: It was not long before they learnt the news. 他們不久就知道了這消息。 It will not be long before he gets over his illness. 他大概不久就會痊愈。