1.tend to 傾向于
例句:State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
國家的官僚體制往往會扼殺人們的事業(yè)心和積極性。
2.in favour of 支持
例句:The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party.
壓倒多數(shù)的選票投給了民主黨。
3.Back then 當(dāng)時
例句:Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy.
那時候,電視中的女性大多都被看作花瓶。
4.step in 介入;插手
例句:If no agreement was reached, the army would step in.
如果無法達(dá)成協(xié)議,軍隊將會介入。