1. instead of

代替；而不是…

eg. His success plays his luck instead of his skill.

他取得的成功靠的是運(yùn)氣而不是技術(shù)。

eg. Why don't you play football instead of just looking on?

你為什么不參加踢足球而只是看熱鬧?

2. dry up

干涸；住口

eg. As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard.

隨著日子一天天過(guò)去，花粉變得又干又硬。

eg. Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land in search of water.

水庫(kù)正在干涸，農(nóng)民開(kāi)始離開(kāi)田地去尋找水源。

3. one by one

一個(gè)接一個(gè)

eg. We always went one by one out the back.

我們總是一個(gè)一個(gè)地從后門出去。

eg. One by one, all the kidnappers were knocked out.

一個(gè)接一個(gè)，所有的綁匪都被擊倒了。