重点词汇词组

1.struggle to do sth. 尽力做某事；挣扎着做某事

例：I've been struggling to understand this article all afternoon.

我整个下午都在努力理解这篇文章nxzPCobwI3fQvK8#%。

常见搭配：

①struggle on 继续努力；坚持斗争

例：When Bobbie leaves, we'll have to struggle on by ourselves until we find a replacement.

博比走后，我们得自己努力撑着，直到找到接替他的人],wP1OZFG+GE。

②struggle for sth. 为某事而奋斗；为某事而斗争

例：Women struggle for equal rights.

妇女为争取平等权利而斗争%_2zupL!(O|E.HM#。

2.a crowd of 一大群；许多的

例：A crowd of about 15,000 attended the concert.

大约有15000人参加了音乐会^Upipq&6&t,t(。

常见搭配：

crowd sb./sth. out 把某人/某物挤出

例：Small local businesses have been crowded out by large multinationals.

当地的小型企业已被大型跨国公司挤出市场d~MNb]f_~#)k@w*L。

相关俚语：

follow the crowd 随大流

例：Think for yourself, don't just follow the crowd.

独立思考，不要随波逐流Tl4]LuXRg8QJ=hXW#r。

3.wet market 传统市场，菜市场

例：She shopped at one of the city's many wet markets, that sell everything from slabs of meat to iced fish.

她到这座城市众多菜市场的其中一个买东西，那里卖的东西从肉片到冰鲜鱼应有尽有VG~BqPW93JU~i|%0Ie*。

常见搭配：

in the market for sth. 想买

例：Thanks for the offer, but I'm not in the market for another car right now.

谢谢你的好意，但我现在不想再买一辆车u=&-[4SN*.BI。

4.ransack 洗劫，掠夺；遍寻

例：The burglars ransacked the house but found nothing valuable.

窃贼将房子洗劫一空，但没有发现任何值钱的东西i1&(W=[lPREMBOa。

常见搭配：

ransack sth. for sth. 翻遍某物为了寻找某物

例：She ransacked the wardrobe for something to wear.

她翻遍衣柜找能穿的衣服Bq1xc=ngN]4NtMaL。

5.put down 镇压（暴动、叛乱）

例：The uprising was put down by the police and the army.

暴动被警察和军队镇压了;zp_qLI;6azUl6cL。

该短语还有以下几个常见含义：

①写下

例：Put down your name and address.

写下你的姓名和地址JY2*-PY,j9。

②付订金

例：He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000.

他购买了一处价值10万美元的投资性房产，并支付了2万美元的订金tTeq0DjA6!xb_*^e。

③批评，贬低

例：I know that I do put people down occasionally.

我知道我有时候确实会伤人面子;Z,GD.uyO0x*h.h[dI1。

长难句解析

The manager of a wet market1 told2 Reuters reporters3 that prices for potatoes and flour have risen due to a lack of fuel but people now felt safer because of military presence in the city.4

一家菜市场的管理者告诉路透社记者，由于缺乏燃料，土豆和面粉的价格已经上涨，但由于有军队驻扎在这座城市里，人们现在感到更安全了!AWJ(*CVTQORwMe[L。

解：1主语+2谓语+3宾语+4宾语从句

析：该句的宾语从句“that prices ... in the city”较长，是but连接的两个表示转折含义的句子，并且两个并列句中都分别包含了一原因状语pgRW5(VmZ)%~HMg。在“that prices ... of fuel”中，“prices for potatoes and flour”是主语，“have risen”是谓语，“due to a lack of fuel”是介词短语作原因状语；在“people now ... in the city”中，“people”是主语，“felt”是系动词，“safer”是表语，“because of ... in the city”是原因状语c68O~!lvyR;M。

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