1.defined by 被……定義
例句:His school life has become defined by teachers taking books out of his hands, telling him to sit down and listen with the rest of the kids.
他的學校生活已經淪為老師拿出書本讓他坐下和其他小孩一起聽課 。
2. tread on 涉足
例句:State- owned companies are also beginning to tread on territory until now dominated by private companies .
國有企業也開始涉足截止目前仍由私營公司占主導地位的領域 。
3. awash in money 充斥著金錢
例句:And yet Libya is awash in money.
即便如此,利比亞仍然是一個沐浴在海量財富之中的國家 。
4. account for (在數量、比例上)占
例句:It accounts for 15 per cent of all air accidents.
這次事故死亡人數占到了所有空難的15% 。