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重点词汇词组
1.nature 特性；本质
例：Motor-racing is by nature a dangerous sport.
赛车本质上是一项危险运动。
相关俚语：let nature take its course 顺其自然
例：He could be kept alive artificially, but I think it would be kinder to let nature take its course.
可以人工维持他的生命，但我想顺其自然反倒更好。
2.means 方法，手段
例：They had no means of communication.
他们没有通讯手段。
相关俚语：
①by no means 决不，一点都不
例：It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.
我们能否在6月份前完成这项工程还很不确定。
②a means to an end 达到目的的手段
例：He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.
他不怎么喜欢这项工作，只是把它看作达到目的的手段而已。
3.throw off 摆脱，甩掉
例：They threw the police off the scent by travelling on false passports.
他们用假护照旅行甩掉了警察。
常见搭配：
①throw sth. away/out 丢弃，扔掉
例：So when are you going to throw away those old magazines?
那么你打算什么时候把那些旧杂志扔掉？
②throw (sth.) up 产生（新问题或想法）
例：The meeting threw up some interesting ideas.
这次会上提出了一些有趣的想法。
相关俚语：
①throw sth. back in sb.'s face 当（某人的）面重提（旧账）
例：She threw all his failures back in his face.
她当着他的面把他过去的那些失败经历都抖搂了出来。
②throw sb. off balance 使（某人）心烦意乱
例：The question threw him off balance for a moment.
那个问题让他一时不知如何作答。
4.bring up 养育，抚养
例：She was brought up by her grandmother.
她是她祖母养大的。
常见搭配：
①bring sth. about 引起；导致
例：He brought about his company's collapse by his reckless spending.
他挥霍无度导致公司倒闭。
②bring sth. forward 提出，呈现
例：The police brought forward some new evidence in the case.
警方呈现了有关本案的一些新证据。
长难句解析
But from the severity of that blame which was last night so liberally bestowed1, respecting each circumstance2, I3 shall hope to be in future secured4, when the following account of my actions and their motives has been read5.
解：1定语从句+2状语+3主语+4时间状语从句
析：“which was last night so liberally bestowed”是定语从句，修饰先行词that blame，关系代词which在定语从句中作主语，不可省略；“when the following account of my actions and their motives has been read”是时间状语从句，该从句使用了现在完成时的被动语态，结构是have/has+been+过去分词。
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