长难句解析
Authorities1 investigate2 the cause of a hostel fire in New Zealand3, which has killed six people and left eleven others missing4.
解:主语1+谓语2+宾语3+定语4
析:该句的主语为“Authorities”,谓语为“investigate”,宾语为“the cause of a hostel fire in New Zealand”,其后跟随由关系代词“which”引导的定语从句“which has killed six people and left eleven others missing”,修饰先行词“a hostel fire in New Zealand”。
重点词汇词组
1. reel from 由于……而踉跄,遭受...... 的不好影响
例:But many, reeling from the impact of work stoppages and still-tepid consumer demand, have cut hiring.
但受停工和消费需求仍然不温不火的影响,许多企业削减了招聘名额。
常见搭配:
reel sth. off 一口气说出;滔滔不绝地讲
例:The old man reeled off the names of his 22 grandchildren.
老人一口气说出了他22个孙子孙女的名字。
2. air defence system 防空系统
例:It should be emphasised that Libya's military capabilities, including its air defence system are weak.
应当强调指出,利比亚的军事能力,包括其防空系统的薄弱。
相关俚语:
jump to sb's defence 立刻为某人辩护
例:Whenever anyone criticizes her husband, she immediately jumps to his defence.
一有人批评她丈夫,她就立刻为他辩护。
3. power grid 电力网, 电网
例:Most of those villages are remote and had relied on nearby forests as opposed to a power grid.
而绝大多数的是偏远乡村,没有电网,必须依靠周围的森林生活。
相关俚语:
do sb. a power of good 对某人大有好处
例:He's been working too hard and some time off would do him a power of good.
他工作一直太辛苦,休息一段时间会对他大有好处。
4. heat wave 酷暑期; 热浪
例:If there is a heat wave this summer, it would be best for us to slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat.
如果今年夏天出现热浪,我们最好穿上衬衫,涂上防晒霜,戴上帽子。
相关俚语:
take the heat off sb. 使某人少受批评
例:The deputy's resignation over the scandal has taken some of the heat off his superior.
副手因丑闻而辞职,这使他的上级少受了一些批评。
5. subject to sth. 可能受…...影响的; 易遭受…...的
例:Prices may be subject to alteration.
价格可能会受变更影响。
相关俚语:
drop the subject 别提了,不说了
例:I don't want to talk about it any more - let's drop the subject.
我不想再谈这件事了——我们不要再提它了。
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