either……or……连接两个主语时,其谓语动词应与最近的一个主语在人称和数上保持一致,这就是我们通常说的"就近原则".例如:
Either you or I am going there tomorrow. 明天要么你去那里,要么我去那里。
注意:如果把上句变成一般疑问句,助动词形式与主语you保持一致,所以要用are提问,而不是am.例如:
Are either you or I going there tomorrow? 明天是你还是我去那里?
Either you or he has lunch at school. 其一般疑问句应为:Do either you or he have lunch at school? 是你还是他在学校吃午饭?
3.The United States and the European Union have attempted to increase diplomatic pressure on Colonel Gaddafi to step down.
attempt to试图,企图
step down退休, 辞职
例句:The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。
4.Mr Obama said the US would take a wide range of actions to make sure Colonel Gaddafi left power.
make sure设法确保出现某事物
例句:We and our friends will make sure of that.
我们和我们的朋友要确保这一点。
5.In the capital Sanaa, where supporters of the government also held a rally, police set up roadblocks to keep the two sides apart.