A grammar fill-in-the-blank.
The following are the grammar fill-in-the-blank test questions for the January 2024 Joint Entrance Examination of the Nine Provinces:
The overall difficulty of this article is moderate, but the more puzzling is question 64. he knows that computersare here(stay)and that they will not disappear. however, he believes that the practice with fountain pens helps students to focus, to write faster, and they can feel proud of 65(they).The correct answer to this question is:to stay
The meaning of these two sentences is that he knows that computers will always exist, but they will not disappear. However, writing with a pen can help students concentrate and write faster, and at the same time, they can be proud of themselves (handwritten work).
How should we understand the interpretation of a phrase here to stay? First of all, one thing to be clear about is here(be) here to stayis a fixed phrase that should be understood as a whole. Let's see the definitive dictionary explains:Oxford (Legacy):be here to stay/h**e come to stay:be permanent and generally accepted; Generally recognized; Be Fashionable: I hope that (the idea of) equality of opportunity for men and womenhas come to/is here to stay.I hope that equal opportunities for men and women will be formed. Oxford (8th ed.):be here to stay/h**e come to stay:to be accepted or used by most people and therefore a permanent part of our lives:it looks like televised trialsare here to stay.It seems that live television trials have become the norm.
Longman:here to stay:if something is here to stay, it has become a part of life and will continue to be so accepted by the majority; Universally recognized as mobile phonesare definitely here to stay.Mobile phones are definitely essential in life. Cambridge:here to stay:if something is here to stay, it has stopped being unusual and has become generally used or accepted:higher oil pricesare here to stay, so we'd better get used to them.High oil prices are here to stay, so we'd better get used to it. McMillan:here to stay:if something is here to stay, it will continue to exist for a long time and become accepted as normal:it looks as if high unemployment ishere to stay.High unemployment looks set to end.
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