长难句解析

This1 is2 after she was stripped of her role as a vice-president of the European Parliament because of alleged bribes from the Gulf state of Qatar3.

解：主语1+系动词2+表语从句3

析：该句为主系表结构，主语为“This”，系动词为“is”，其后跟随由连词“after”引导的表语从句“after she was stripped of her role...from the Gulf state of Qatar”，其中，“because of alleged bribes from the Gulf state of Qatar”作原因状语。

重点词汇词组

1. be due to... 将要......

例：The trial is due to begin next month.

审判定于下个月开始。

常见搭配：

be due for sth. 理应得到…...，理应收到…...

例：I'm due for a promotion soon.

我应该很快升职了。

2. strip sb. of sth. 剥夺某人的（头衔等）

例：He was disgraced and stripped of his title.

他名誉扫地，被取消了头衔。

常见搭配：

strip sth. off 脱掉（一件衣服）

例：It was so hot that we stripped off our shirts.

天气太热，我们脱掉了衬衫。

3. under attack 受到攻击; 遭受攻击

例：The patrol came under attack from all sides.

巡逻队受到四面八方的攻击。

相关俚语：

almost have a heart attack 惊讶得心脏病几乎要发作

例：I almost had a heart attack when I found out how much the meal cost.

当得知这顿饭花了多少钱时我差点就犯心脏病了。

4. rescue operation 救援行动；救援工作

例：A spokesman said the rescue operation was a race against time.

一位发言人说该营救工作是在与时间赛跑。

常见搭配：

rescue workers/boats/helicopters 救援人员/船只/直升机

例：Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.

救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。

5. national mourning 全国哀悼; 国丧志哀

例：The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims.

政府宣布全国为受害者哀悼一日。

常见搭配：

in mourning 服丧

例：She was still in mourning for her husband.

她仍在为丈夫服丧。

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