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bed. 昨天我見(jiàn)到她時(shí),她正臥病在床?! he old man lies ill and neglected in bed. 老人臥病在床,無(wú)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(lái)?! ?. She stamped out the letters‘SoS’ in the amp。quot。SOSamp。quot。這3個(gè)字母。 out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(shū)。 He wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. 他開(kāi)列一張長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)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(jī)飛抵飛機(jī)失事現(xiàn)場(chǎng),來(lái)搭救這幾個(gè)幸存者。 (1)to引導(dǎo)的不定式為目的狀語(yǔ)?! ?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(lái)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(gè)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(huì)痊愈。