1. in the midst of

在…之中

eg. But there stood one in the midst of you, at whose brand of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered!

但是就在你們中間，卻站著一個人，他的罪孽和恥辱并不為你們所回避！

eg. And then we use that to compare what happens when they might be in the midst of a stressful financial decision.

然后我們用它來比較時會發(fā)生什么，他們可能是在一個緊張的財務(wù)決策之中。

2. wave away

揮手示意……離開

eg. Therefore, what you cannot wave away is those expectations, secrets, longings, joys and sorrows, as well as ups and downs.

所以，你揮之不去，那時的期盼，秘密，憧憬，悲與喜，真真切切的起落。

eg. If we could wave away political reality, I’d let all the Bush tax cuts expire, and use the improvement in the budget outlook to justify a large, temporary increase in public spending.

如果能擺脫政治現(xiàn)實，我要讓所有布什的減稅政策終止；并借著這種預算前景的改善促成公共支出方面來一次大的，暫時性的增加。

3. glance at

看一下，瀏覽；提到，影射

eg. The young man then casts a covetous glance at the girl, kisses her and she turns into a bottle of beer.

這個年輕人接著向女孩投去了貪婪的一瞥，也親吻了她，而她就變成了一瓶啤酒。

eg. A glance at the income distribution in the US shows how pointed is the income pyramid, how broad its base.

觀察美國的收入分配，可以看出其“金字塔”形的收入結(jié)構(gòu)，頂部有多尖，底部有多寬。