长难句解析

A newly elected U.S. congressman1 is facing2 pressure3 to quit4 after admitting he made up large parts of his biography5.

解：主语1+谓语2+宾语3+定语4+状语5

析：该句的主语为“A newly elected U.S. congressman”，其中，“A newly elected ”作定语修饰名词“U.S. congressman”；谓语为“is facing”，宾语为“pressure”，不定式短语“to quit”作后置定语修饰名词“pressure”，其后跟随由“after”引导的时间状语“after admitting he made up large parts of his biography”。

重点词汇词组

1. flee 逃跑

例：In order to escape capture, he fled to the mountains.

为了免遭俘虏，他逃到了山里。

常见搭配：

flee the country 逃出国

例：It is likely that the suspects have fled the country by now.

很有可能这些嫌疑犯现在已经逃到了国外。

2. maternity ward 产科病房

例：I went to the maternity ward to see my wife and our new daughter.

我去产科病房看我太太和我们的新生女儿。

常见搭配：

ward sb./sth. off 避开......；阻止......

例：In the winter I take vitamin C to ward off colds.

冬天我服用维生素C以预防感冒。

3. make up 编造

例：I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.

我认为你编造关于他的故事是很不友好的。

常见搭配：

make it up to sb. 补偿某人

例：I'm sorry we can't take you with us, but I promise I'll make it up to you somehow.

很抱歉我们不能带你去，但我保证以后设法补偿你。

4. graduate from 毕业（于）

例：After he graduated from high school, he joined the Army.

他高中毕业后参军了。

常见搭配：

graduate school 研究生院

例：She was in graduate school, studying for a master's degree in social work.

她那时在研究生院攻读社会工作硕士学位。

5. pull out of 退出

例：The World Bank should pull out of the project.

世界银行应该退出这个项目。

相关俚语：

pull sb's weight 做好某人的份内事，干好某人的本职工作

例：The others had complained that Sarah wasn't pulling her weight.

其他人抱怨说萨拉工作不尽职。

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