长难句解析

A Buckingham Palace aid1 has resigned2 after repeatedly asking a Black British woman at a reception where she was from3.

解：主语1+谓语2+状语3

析：该句的主语为“A Buckingham Palace aid”，谓语为“has resigned”，现在分词短语“after repeatedly asking...where she was from”作时间状语，其中，“a Black British woman”与“where she was from”都作“asking”的宾语。

重点词汇词组

1. under the shadow of sth. 处在......的阴影中

例：We are all living under the shadow of war.

我们都生活在战争的阴影中。

相关俚语：

be under sb's shadow 被某人的光彩所遮盖

例：She's always been under her sister's shadow.

她一直被她姐姐的光彩所遮盖。

2. row about sth. 为......争吵/吵闹

例：My parents are always rowing about money.

我父母总是为了钱的事情吵个不休。

相关俚语：

a hard/tough row to hoe 难以应对的情况

例：Teachers have a tough row to hoe in today's schools.

在如今的学校里，老师们的工作很难做。

3. tax returns 纳税申报单

例：He failed to file tax returns for 1982.

他没有填报1982年的纳税申报单。

常见搭配：

side return 夹道

例：There's too much stuff in the side return - you'll have to come through the house.

夹道了堆了太多的杂物没法走路，你得穿过正房才能到后面来。

4. available 可获得的；可用的

例：Our autumn catalogue is now available from our usual stockists.

秋季商品目录现已推出，请到我们公司零售处获取。

常见搭配：

publicly/generally available 可以让公众/普遍得到的

例：This information is not publicly available.

这个消息没有对外公开。

5. tribute 称赞; 敬意

例：Tributes have been pouring in from all over the world for the famous actor who died yesterday.

昨天这位著名演员去世后，世界各国人士纷纷表示哀悼。

常见搭配：

pay tribute to sb./sth. 赞扬/歌颂......

例：The minister paid tribute to the men who had fought the blaze.

部长高度赞扬了奋力扑灭大火的勇士们。

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