Nothing is more discouraging than to spend hours preparing a delicious meat dish followed by, say, fresh strawberries,這個followed by（ to spend hours preparing ）fresh strawberries是作狀語的修飾 to spend hours preparing a delicious meat dish可以翻譯為其次
This may result in the rest of you tucking into a vast meal while your guest ties suspiciously with a few sides of tomato.suspiciously with a few sides of tomato副詞可以修飾介詞短語
因為 介詞短語具有形容詞、副詞特征
The Senate is expected to be the next majority leader Mitch McConnell , and other Republicans have fought proposals by President Barack Obama. 我認為這是一個并列句 說明兩種情況
這里的The Senate is expected to be 是位置順序換了,=the next majority leader of the Senate
,is expected to be Mitch McConnell
還有這個時態(tài)other Republicans have fought proposals是現(xiàn)在完成時
并且其他共和黨人已經(jīng)反對奧巴馬的提議了.
The Red Cross flew to the aera of floods,ready to dole out supplies of food and medicine.這個ready to.形容詞短語作伴隨狀語