英语疑难问题精选详解问:请问burst into 与 burst out有何区别?
答:两者都可表示“突然进入某种状态或发生某种情况”,但 burst into 后通常要接名词 burst into ,而 burst out 后通常接动名词。比较:She burst into tears (laughter). 她突然哭(笑)了起来。She burst out crying (laughing). 她突然哭(笑)了起来。 

问:要表示“与某人联系”,英语是用contact sb,还是用答:contact 是及物动词,其意为不只是“联系”,而是表示“与……联系”,所以要表示“与某人联系”时用contact with sb是错误的。如:我怎样与你联系? 误:How can contact with you?正:How can contact you?注:用作名词的contact后可接介词with,表示“与……的联系”。如:in (out of) contact with(与……保持 / 失去联系),have contact with(与……有联系),bring into contact(使接触),come in(to) contact with(接触)等。 

问:要表示“做某事就像做某事”,英语可用doing sth is like doing sth吗?
答:可以。请看实例:At that time, going to Mount Qomolangma was like going to the moon. 那时,去珠穆朗玛峰就像去去月球(一样难)。Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 在这座大城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。Getting a pay rise in this firm is like getting blood from a stone. 在这家商行里想增加工资简直是缘木求鱼。

问:unable 与 disable 都是由able加否定前缀构成的,它们可互换吗?
答:unable 是形容词,意为“不能的”;disable 是动词,意为“使残废”“使无能力”。如:They were unable to help us. 他们没法帮助我们。He was disabled in the civil war; he lost his left arm. 他在内战中失去一条左臂,成了伤残人。
  
问:老师说date from 总是接过去时间,却永远与一般现在时连用,这是真的吗?
答:date from 的意思是“从回溯至”“从……开始”从……开始,它也可说成date back to,两者均可解释为 have existed from,所以尽管其后接的是过去时间,它却通常要与一般现在时连用。如:The custom dates from ancient times. 这个习俗是从古代开始的。This church dates back to the 13th century. 该教堂是13 世纪建的。但是,若所谈论的主体现在已经不存在,则可用一般过去时。如The church, which dated back to the 13th century, was destroyed in an earthquake two years ago. 那座教堂是13世纪建成的,两年前在一次地震中被毁了。

问:我们该说without A and B 还是 without A or B?
答:从理论上说,若要否定A、B两者,应用 without A or B,因为without含有否定意味。如:He lived a lonely life without friends or family. 他没有朋友和家人,过着孤独的生活。但是,在实际使用中,有时两者均可用,且意思相同。如:We cannot exist without food or water. 没有食物或水我们就不能生存。We cannot survive for long without food and drink. 我们没有食物和饮料就活不了多久。 

问:有一本书上说“当一个动词后带有两个或多个由that引导的宾语从句时,即使省略第一个that,第二个(或第三个)that也不可省略”。但该书没有给出例句,请问编辑老师能给我举两个例子吗?
答:请看以下实例:He said that he liked her and that he wanted to marry her. 他说他爱她,想同她结婚。You can learn that the oldest person is a woman who lived to be 122 years and 164 days, that the longest moustache reached a length of 1.6 meters and that the longest poisonous snake is 5.71 meters long. 你可以了解到最老的人是一位活了122岁零164天的女人天的女人,最长的胡须达到了1.6米,最长的毒蛇是5.71米。