Saudi officials justify their action as a legitimate response to the attacks on the country’s embassy in Tehran and consulate in Mashhad, which were themselves prompted by Saudi Arabia’s execution of Sheikh Nimr alNimr, a prominent anti-government Shiite cleric and activist.

 

 

主語 Saudi officials

 

謂語 justify

 

賓語 their action

 

 

單詞

 

embassy

 

音標

 

[?emb?s?]

 

中文詞意

 

n. 大使館

 

 

這句話的主語"Saudi officials"，謂語"justify"，賓語"their action"，"as a legitimate response"是賓語補足語，"response to"可看成是固定搭配，其中"to"是介詞，后面接賓語"attacks","on..."可看作"attacks"的定語；"which"引導(dǎo)非限定性定語從句修飾"attacks"，并指代"attacks"在定語從句中做主語，從句的謂語"were prompted"是被動語態(tài)，"themselves"是反身代詞做主語(attacks)的同位語結(jié)構(gòu)，"by Saudi Arabia’s execution of Sheikh Nimr alNimr"可看作是方式狀語，"a prominent anti-government Shiite cleric and activist"是"Sheikh Nimr alNimr"的同位語結(jié)構(gòu)。

 

 

沙特官員辯稱他們的行動是對本國駐德黑蘭大使館及駐馬什哈德領(lǐng)事館遇襲做出的合理反應(yīng), 而使領(lǐng)館遇襲事件本身是由沙特阿拉伯處決著名的反政府什葉派神職人員及活動人士謝赫·尼米爾·尼米爾引起。

 

 

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