长难句解析

President Biden1 has promised2 that the first bill he'll sign into law next year for Democrats retain control of Congress will be to reinstate the nationwide abortion rights3.

解：主语1+谓语2+宾语从句3

析：该句的主语为“President Biden”，谓语为“has promised”，其后跟随宾语从句“ that the first bill......control of Congress will be to reinstate the nationwide abortion rights”; 该宾语从句中包含一个定语从句“he'll sign into law next year for Democrats retain control of Congress”，修饰名词结构“ the first bill”。

重点词汇词组

1. in search of sth. 寻找......；搜寻......

例：He ranges far and wide in search of inspiration for his paintings.

他四处漫步，寻找绘画的灵感。

常见搭配：

search out 找出；查到；搜寻到

例：Fighter pilots searched out and attacked enemy aircraft.

战斗机驾驶员发现敌机后便进行攻击。

2. contribute to 促成；导致

例：Smoking contributed to his early death.

吸烟导致他早逝。

常见搭配：

contribute sth. to sth. 给......撰写......

例：She contributed a number of articles to the magazine.

她给这家杂志撰写了一些稿件。

3. air strike 空袭

例：A senior defence official said last night that they would continue the air strikes.

一位高级国防官员昨晚说他们将继续空袭。

常见搭配：

strike sth. down 裁定......非法

例：The courts struck down local segregation laws because they violated the federal constitution.

法庭裁决当地的隔离法非法，因为该隔离法违反宪法。

4. spate of attacks 一连串袭击

例：The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

这次炸弹爆炸事件是一连串恐怖主义袭击中最近的一起。

相关俚语：

in (full) spate 水位猛涨，发洪水

例：After heavy rain, the river was in spate.

大雨过后，河水暴涨。

5. sign sth. into law 把......签署为法律

例：The U.S. didn't sign its time zones into law until 1918.

美国直到1918年才把时区写入法律。

常见搭配：

sign sth. over to sb. 签字转让......

例：She has signed the house over to her daughter.

她签署了转让手续，把房子过到女儿名下。

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