长难句解析

It's a day of critical court hearings for Virginia Giuffre and prince Andrew1 with his lawyers set to argue in New York that her civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault should be thrown out2.

解:主句1+状语2

析：主句中，“it”为形式主语，真正的主语为“Virginia Giuffre and prince Andrew”，其后“with his lawyers set to argue in New York...should be thrown out”作状语，其中包含由“that”引导的宾语从句“that her civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault should be thrown out”，从句的主语为“ her civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault”。

重点词汇词组

1.guilty of sth. 犯有...罪；有...过失

The jury found her guilty of murder.

陪审团裁定她犯有谋杀罪。

常见搭配

guilty about sth. 对...感到内疚，对...感到惭愧

I felt guilty about not visiting my parents more often.

我因没有常去看望父母而感到内疚。

2.conspire(with sb.) to do sth. (与某人)合谋做某事

They'd conspired to overthrow the government.

他们曾合谋推翻政府。

常见搭配

conspire against sb./sth. 似乎共同导致与....作对

Circumstances had conspired against them.

各种情况都凑在一起和他们作对。

3.diagnose 诊断（疾病）

The test is used to diagnose a variety of diseases.

此项化验可用于诊断多种疾病。

常见搭配

diagnose sb. with sth. 诊断某人患有...

He has recently been diagnosed with angina.

他最近被诊断出患有心绞痛。

4.throw sth. out 拒不接受, 否决...

The idea was thrown out by the committee.

这个想法被委员会否决了。

相关俚语

throw your weight behind sb./sth. (利用影响力)支持...

The party leadership is throwing its weight behind the campaign.

该党领导层正在支持这项运动。

5.standstill 停止；停顿；停滞

The security alert brought the airport to a standstill .

安全警戒使机场陷入停顿状态。

常见搭配

come to a standstill 停滞不前

Abruptly the group ahead of us came to a standstill.

忽然我们前面的队伍停了下来。

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