1.singled out 挑出；選拔

例句：The teacher singled out one composition for class discussion.
教師挑選出一篇作文來供課堂上討論。

2.as well as 也；和...一樣

例句：“We are going to be a presence in the Pacific because we are a Pacific nation as well as an Atlantic nation,” Obama said.
奧巴馬說：“我們將保持在亞洲的存在，因為我們不僅是一個大西洋國家，我們也是一個太平洋國家。
3.daycare center 日托中心

例句：Last month, a worker slashed children with a knife at a daycare center for migrant workers in eastern China, wounding eight of them.
上個月，上海一家民工幼兒園的員工持刀傷害幼兒，造成八名兒童受傷。

4.engaged in 忙于；從事于

例句：Early-modern governments were engaged in a precarious hand-to-mouth living.
早期近代的政府也是過著不安定的，收入僅敷支出的日子。