长难句解析
Police1 in Canada2 say3 they have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between Canada and the United States4 after a week of disruption5.
解:主语1+定语2+谓语3+宾语从句4+状语5
析:本句的主语为“Police”,“in Canada”为修饰主语的定语,谓语为“say”,其后跟随宾语从句“they have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between Canada and the United States”,在该从句中,“blocking a key bridge between Canada and the United States”为现在分词短语作定语,修饰先行词“the remaining protesters”,“after a week of disruption”为时间状语。
重点词汇词组
1. drop 停止;终止;放弃
例:The police decided to drop the charges against her.
警方决定撤回对她的指控。
相关俚语:drop dead 突然死去;猝死
例:A few months ago, the seven-year-old son of one family we spoke to dropped dead.
几个月前,我们采访的一个家庭的七岁儿子突然死亡。
2. deny 否认;否定
例:The spokesman refused either to confirm or deny the reports.
发言人对那些报道不置可否。
常见搭配:deny sb. sth. 拒绝某人某事
例:Two federal courts ruled that the military cannot deny prisoners access to lawyers.
两联邦法院裁定军方不能拒绝让囚犯聘请律师。
3. remaining 剩余的; 剩下的
例:The three parties will meet next month to work out remaining differences.
这3个党派将在下月会晤来解决剩下的分歧。
词汇拓展:
remain verb 剩余,遗留
remainder noun 剩余部分,其余
4. demonstration against sb./sth. 反对...的集会示威/游行示威
例:They wanted to end the demonstration against the government’s educational policies.
他们想结束反对政府教育政策的示威活动。
常见搭配:hold/stage a demonstration 组织/参加集会示威
例:In April, students began holding demonstrations to demand more freedom.
4月,学生们开始举行示威活动,要求获得更多自由。
5. block 堵塞;阻塞
例:After today's heavy snow, many roads are still blocked.
今天下过大雪,很多道路仍然堵塞。
常见搭配:block out 挡住,遮住(光线或声音)
例:Black clouds blocked out the sun.
乌云遮住了太阳。
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