一些英文問題 thx

1. My motivation has always been to "study" at a university in the U.K one day.

"study" is a verb.
"to study" is an infinitive with "to".

"to study at a university in the U.K one day" is an infinitive phrase. It functions as a noun phrase.
It is a subject complement.

"My motivation" is the subject of the sentence.
has been ~ linking verb
always ~ adverb
"My motivation" and "to study at a university in the U.K one day" refer to the same thing.

Sentence pattern: subject + linking verb + subject complement


2. I just put some essentials in a small bag and off I went.
(off = away from a place 離開, ~ adverb)

After I graduate I want to take a year off to travel in Europe.
(off = away from work, duty or school, 不上學; 休息, ~ adverb)


2014-01-08 03:49:41 補充：
第一句子的 main verb 是 "has been"