| 短语 | there is / exists / remains etc |
| 释义 | there is / exists / remains etc used to say that something exists or happens〔表示某事物存在或发生〕:•Is there any milk left?还有牛奶剩下吗？•There are a few things we need to discuss.有些事情我们需要讨论。•There must be easier ways of doing this.这事一定还有更简单的做法。•There seems to be a lack of communication.看起来是缺乏沟通。•There remain several questions still to be answered.仍有几个问题要回答。•Suddenly there was a loud explosion.突然传出一声巨大的爆炸声。•They were all laughing when there came a knock at the door.他们都在大笑，这时传来了敲门声。 GRAMMAR Use there is / are to say that something exists or happens. 用 there is / are 表示某事存在或发生:•There was an argument.发生了争吵。•Is there any more bread?还有面包吗？•There is one thing I'd like to ask you (NOT Is one thing...).有一件事我想问问你。When the following noun is plural, use there are / were . 如果后面的名词是复数，用 there are / were:•There are a lot of problems (NOT there is a lot of problems) with this theory.该理论有很多漏洞。•Were there many people at the meeting?有很多人参加会议吗？ ► Expressions like a lot of and plenty of can be used with uncountable nouns. In this case use there is / was . a lot of 和 plenty of 等词语也可以和不可数名词连用，这时用 there is / was:•There is a lot of traffic in the mornings.早上交通很拥挤。 ► There and their sound the same, but do not confuse them. There is used in expressions such as 'there is / was', and for referring to a place. Their is used for showing that something belongs to a group of people, animals etc. there 和 their 发音相同，但不要混淆。 there 用于 there is / was 等表达方式中，表示地点。 their 的意思是“他们的，她们的，它们的”:•They love their jobs.他们喜欢自己的工作。 |
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