141. That's why I've rid my cupboard of microwave food packed in bags coated with a potential cancer-causing substance, but although I've lived blocks from a major fault line (地質(zhì)斷層) for more than 12 years, I still haven't bolted our bookcases to the living room wall.
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這就是我把櫥柜里那些裝在涂有潛在致癌物質(zhì)的包裝袋里的微波食品都丟掉了的原因。但盡管我在一個(gè)距離地質(zhì)大斷層只有幾個(gè)街區(qū)的地方生活了12年多,我還是沒有把書架固定在起居室的墻上。
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這是一個(gè)復(fù)合并列句,第一個(gè)分句的主干為That's why...,其中why引導(dǎo)的是表語從句,過去分詞短語packed in bags作定語修飾food,過去分詞短語coated with a potential cancer-causing substance則修飾bags;第二個(gè)分句的主干為I...haven't bolted...bookcases...,其中although引導(dǎo)的是讓步狀語從句,for more than 12 years充當(dāng)該從句的時(shí)間狀語。
rid sth. of sth. 意為“清除……的……”,也可以表示“使擺脫,解除……的負(fù)擔(dān)”。通常rid與of連用,構(gòu)成短語rid of。如:
My baby is rid of fever. 我的寶寶已經(jīng)退燒了。
coat在句中作動詞,意為“涂上,包上”,此外還可以表示“給……穿上外套,罩上”。如:
The mountains are coated with white snow. 群山被皚皚白雪覆蓋著。
bolt意為“閂上,上螺栓”。如:
The captain bolted the hatch down. 船長推上了艙蓋的插銷。