长难句解析

And Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi1 faces2 a confidence vote3 later in a political crisis4 that could bring down his government and trigger early elections5.

解：主语1+谓语2+宾语3+状语4+定语从句5

析：本句的主语为“Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi”，谓语为“faces”，宾语为“a confidence vote”，“in a political crisis”作状语，其后跟随由关系代词“that” 引导的定语从句“that could bring down his government and trigger early elections”，修饰先行词“a political crisis”。

重点词汇词组

1. elect sb. as sth. 选举某人担任......

例：The committee voted to elect him as chairman.

委员会投票选举他担任主席。

常见搭配：

elect to do sth. 选择做某事

例：Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear.

选择抽烟的人将坐在后面。

2. wake up to sth. 意识到......；认识到......

例：He hasn't yet woken up to the seriousness of the situation.

他还没有认识到形势的严重性。

常见搭配：

in the wake of sth. 紧随某事之后

例：The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention.

州长在上周大会之后的民意测验中支持率激增。

3. lead away 带走；带离

例：She was led away from the courtroom in tears.

她含泪被带离法庭。

相关俚语：

lead (sb.) nowhere 毫无成果

例：This discussion is leading us nowhere.

我们这场讨论将毫无结果。

常见搭配：

lead up to sth. 导致......

例：Alan Tomlinson has reconstructed the events that led up to the deaths.

阿伦·汤姆林森再现了导致死亡的事件。

4. bring down 使垮台

例：They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.

他们威胁要退出统治联盟以让政府垮台。

常见搭配：

bring sb. in sth. 赚得......；挣得......

例：His freelance work brings him in about $20 000 a year.

他做自由职业每年可赚2万元。

5. trigger 引起

例：The incident triggered the outbreak of the First World War.

这次事件引起了第一次世界大战的爆发。

常见搭配：

trigger off 引起；触发

例：Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction.

坚果可以引起严重的过敏反应。

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