But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. (2015 年英语一 text 1)
语法点：并列结构;短语作定语;
解析：
Step1：断长句
①But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections //②have forced him to eat his words and stand down.
Step2：抓主干
scandals and the popularity have forced him to eat his words and stand down 主谓宾结构
Step3：理结构
整个句子结构比较清晰，主要难点有两处：
①主语的并列。
本句话的整个主语部分为“embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections”，前后用“and”连接构成“A and B”的并列结构，而B部分又出现了of介词短语作定语修饰名词“popularity ”，以及in介词短语修饰“republican left”。
②词义的理解。
“the republican left”此处指的是共和党右派。
“eat one’s words”指的是：自食其言、收回前言。
“stand down”：退位。前一句提及“him”是指的西班牙君主，因此此处理解为退位。
Step4：定句意
译文：但是尴尬的丑闻和最近欧洲选举中共和党左派的流行，已经迫使他收回了前言并退位。
