1. an otherwise+adj.+n. 除此之外都很……的……
Overall, a terrific hotel with just a few small niggles but nothing that spoilt an otherwise very enjoyable stay!
總體而言，這是一個非常好的酒店，只是有一點小小的瑕疵，但是并沒有足以破壞這個美好假期的問題xj%|oqt*t0Xw;]u.cFH.。

2. go to the polls/cast ballots 投票
Nxt month Liberia is due to go to the polls, almost exactly eight years after the end of a civil war that wreaked havoc across the country.
利比里亞將在下月為選舉進行投票，彼時對全國造成極大破壞的內(nèi)戰(zhàn)已結(jié)束近8年w+UxAVUrCU98。

3. at a comparable point 同期
A majority of Democrats (55%) approved of Richard Nixon's job performance at a comparable point in his first term.
大部分民主黨人（55%）都認(rèn)可理查德·尼克松在首個任期同期的工作表現(xiàn)IEjTU-@TVc_N7b。

4. a record number of 創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的數(shù)額
There was a record number of applications this year for jobs in the public sector as it is seen as a safer place to work .
從今年創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的公務(wù)員報考人數(shù)就能看出，這是個安穩(wěn)的工作崗位t0.~3G@HZ%@_lb。