长难句解析

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak1 have rejected2 calls3 to resign4 after they were fined by police for breaking lockdown rules5.

解：主语1+谓语2+宾语3+定语4+状语5

析：该句的主语由两个并列成分组成，由and连接“Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson”和“his finance minister Rishi Sunak”；谓语为“have rejected”；宾语为“calls”；其后跟随不定式短语“to resign”作其定语；其后跟随“after”引导的时间状语从句“after they were fined by police for breaking lockdown rules”。

重点词汇词组

1. build up 使逐渐变大; 逐渐变大

例：The regime built up the largest army in Africa.

该政权逐渐建立起一支在非洲规模最大的军队。

常见搭配：build on (在…的基础上) 继续发展

例：The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build.

新政权没有成功实施可赖以为继的经济改革。

2. offensive 进攻；攻击；侵犯

例：Its latest military offensive against rebel forces is aimed at re-opening important trade routes.

其最近对叛军的军事进攻旨在重新开辟重要的贸易路线。

常见搭配：go on the offensive 采取攻势

例：The West African forces went on the offensive in response to attacks on them.

西非武装力量发起进攻以回应袭击。

3. break rules 违反规定

例：He has his own rules and doesn't allow any one to break rules.

他有自己的规则，不容许任何人以打破规则。

常见搭配：follow rules 遵循规则

例：You don't want to follow rules - you want to be the one to set them!

你不想遵循规则-你想成为建立规则的人！

4. person of interest 嫌疑犯，嫌疑人

例：Police say they have a person of interest in that case.

警方表示他们找到一名涉嫌该案的疑犯。

相关俚语：in the interests of sth. 为了…的利益

例：It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

有时需要为了国家利益撒弥天大谎。

5. in connection with sb./sth. 与…有关（或相关）

例：A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager.

一名男子因与该谋杀少年案有关而被捕。

常见搭配：connection to sth. 与...联结/接通

例：Connection to the gas supply was delayed for three days.

接通煤气延迟了三天。

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