VOA慢速英语:US Voters Look to Women Candidates for Change

be short of缺少,缺乏;除了…外,要不是…

例句：We are running short of flour.
      我们的面粉不够。

      He is short of knowledge about this topic.
      他缺乏关于这方面的知识。

2.And in Nevada, Republicans nominated Sharron Angle for the Senate with strong support from Tea Party activists.

with strong support from介词短语作后置定语

一、形容词作复合不定代词的后置定语 
　　当被修饰词为复合不定代词something, anything, nothing, everything; somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody; someone, anyone, everyone, no one时，修饰语常位于被修饰的不定代词之后。 例如： 
　　1) I have something important to tell you. 我有些重要的事情要告诉你。 
　　2) Do you have anything else to say about it? 关于这件事，你还有什么要说的吗？ 
　　3) Someone important will give the students a lecture on the current international situation this afternoon. 今天下午，一位重要的人物将给学生们做一场有关当前国际形势的报告。 
　　 
　　二、形容词作疑问词的后置定语 
　　修饰疑问词what, which, who, whose,whom, when, where, why, how时，修饰语要后置。例如: 
　　1) What important would you like to talk about? 你将谈论什么重要的事情？ 
　　2) Who else will go with us? 还有谁将和我们一起去？ 
　　3) Where new have they decided to visit? 他们决定到哪些没有去过的地方参观？ 
　　 
　　三、enough作后置定语 
　　enough (a.)修饰名词时既可以在名词前，也可以在名词后。例如： 
　　1) We have not enough time (or time enough) to do the job.我们没有足够的时间做该工作。 
　　2) They have enough people (or people enough) to do the experiment. 他们有足够多的人手做这个实验。 
　　但enough (adv.)修饰形容词或副词时，须位于被修饰的形容词或副词之后。例如：good enough（足够好的)，large enough(够大的)，fast enough（够快)，well enough(相当好)。 
　　 
　　四、部分副词作后置定语 
　　above (上方的)，below (下面的)，on (活动,进行，上演)，out (外出)，back (后面的),away (离开的）等修饰名词时位于被修饰词之后。例如： 
　　1) The clouds above began to get thicker. 上方的云开始密集起来。 
　　2) From the hill top we could see the plain below. 从山顶上我们可以看到下面的平原。 
　　3) She went to see them on the evening out. 凡她晚上外出总去看他们。 
　　 
　　五、介词短语作后置定语 
　　the bird in the tree 树上的那只小鸟 
　　the map on the wall 墙上的地图 
　　
　　六、动词不定式作后置定语 
　　1.在某些句型结构中可用动词不定式作后置定语。例如： 
　　1) I have tons of letters to answer. 我有很多信要回。 
　　2)She needed someone to take care of her baby. 她需要人照看她的婴儿。 
　　3) They were the first to bear hardships, the last to enjoy comforts. 他们吃苦在前，享受在后。 
　
　　2. 在某些名词后可用动词不定式作定语。 例如:ability, anxiety, attempt, decision, chance, courage, right, determination, promise, ambition, drive, effort, eagerness, failure, inclination, intention, movement, need, opportunity, plan, reason, struggle, time, way, wish等等。例句： 
　　1) Has he the ability to do the work? 他有能力干这项工作吗？ 
　　2) I don’t have the courage to tell you the secret. 我没有勇气告诉你那个秘密。 
　　
　　七、分词短语作后置定语 
　　现在分词短语作后置定语。例如： 
　　There is a lady asking to see you. 有位女士要求见你。 
　　
　　过去分词短语作后置定语。例如： 
　 What did you think of the play put on by the students? 你认为学生们上演的话剧怎么样？ 

3.So actually, the message I see coming out of the primaries is that the party base on the Democratic and Republican side is actually fairly satisfied with the people who are representing them.

come out of由…产生,从…出来

例句：No good would come out of it.
      这不会有什么好结果。

4.The two candidates with the most votes will face each other in the general election.

与other有关的短语盘点

other than与…不同,除了…;非…,而不是…

例句：Does anybody other than yourself know this?
      除你本人之外还有别人知道这事吗?

      I have never known him behave other than selfishly.
      我知道他一向自私自利。

no other没有别的

例句：The facts allow no other explanation.
      事实不容许有其他的解释。