重点词汇词组：

1. At one point¹ I² emailed³ to ask⁴ if it was true, as my daughter had told me, that the Apple logo was an homage to Alan Turing, the British computer pioneer who broke the German wartime codes and then committed suicide by biting into a cyanide-laced apple.

长难句分析

解：1状语+2主语+3谓语+4宾语

析：本句包含3个从句

①宾语从句(省略了that)：I emailed to ask if it was true …

that作主句的宾语，在从句中不作成分，故可省略。

②主语从句：if it was true that the Apple logo was an homage to Alan Turing …

it为形式主语，真正的主语是“the Apple logo was an homage to Alan Turing”。“as my daughter had told me”为插入语。

③定语从句：the British computer pioneer who broke the German wartime codes …

本句是who引导的定语从句，先行词是“pioneer”，who在从句中作主语，不可省略。

homage 表示敬意的举动

eg. He describes his book as 'a homage to my father'.

他说他的书是“献给父亲”的。

【相关短语】

pay homage to 向……表示敬意

【近义词】

respect，tribute，honour，worship，esteem，awe

commit suicide 自杀

eg. A girl committed suicide after continued cyber-bullying and harassments.

一个女孩在持续遭到网络欺凌和骚扰后自杀。

commit v.犯罪

eg. Most crimes are committed by young men.

多数罪行都是年轻人犯下的。

【相关短语】

commit a crime 犯罪

commit murder 谋杀

commit oneself 承诺

lace

①此处意思是“给(饮料等)掺(少量的酒、药、毒药等)”

eg. He had laced her milk with rum.

他在她的牛奶里加了少量朗姆酒。

②另外还有“(以…)润色(书、讲话等)”的意思

eg. Her conversation was laced with witty asides.

她的谈话因有趣的题外话而增色。

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