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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