长难句解析

The Republican Liz Cheney1, a fierce critic of Donald Trump2, has been beaten3 in a primary by a candidate4 who supports a former US president's baseless claims of election fraud5.

解：主语1+同位语2+谓语3+状语4+定语从句5

析：该句的主语为“The Republican Liz Cheney”，“a fierce critic of Donald Trump”作主语的同位语，“has been beaten”为谓语，介词短语“in a primary by a candidate”作状语，其后跟随由关系代词“who”引导的定语从句“who supports a former US president's... election fraud”, 修饰先行词“a candidate”。

重点词汇词组

1. election fraud 选举舞弊

例：The idea that this kind of election fraud is uncommon is very absurd.

认为这种选举舞弊很罕见的想法十分荒谬。

常见搭配：

win/lose an election 在选举中获胜/失败

例：Neither party could win an election by appealing exclusively to the rich or the poor.

两党都不可能仅靠吸引富人或穷人来赢得选举。

2. sign into law 签署成为法律

例：Congress sent the bill to the president to sign into law on Tuesday.

周二，国会将法案呈交总统签署为法律。

相关俚语：

sign on the dotted line 在签字处签名同意

例：If you want to join the gym, all you have to do is sign on the dotted line.

若想加入该俱乐部，仅需签名即可。

3. climate change 气候变化

例：Climate change is still very much a subject for debate.

气候变化很大程度上仍是一个争论的话题。

常见搭配：

economic climate 经济形势

例：I don't think we should expand our business in the current economic climate.

我认为在当前的经济形势下，我们不应该扩展业务。

4. be expected to do sth. 预计做某事

例：She was expected to win by a landslide.

预计她会以压倒多数的选票获胜。

常见搭配：

to be expected 在预料之中；并不意外

例：All parents of small children get tired. It's to be expected.

所有带小孩的父母都会非常累，这是可以想见的。

5. tease 取笑；戏弄

例：I used to hate being teased about my red hair when I was at school.

我上学期间一直讨厌别人取笑我的红头发。

常见搭配：

tease sth. out 套取（信息）；套出（真相）

例：It took me a while to tease the truth out of him.

我好不容易才从他嘴里套出真相。

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