1. play into one's hands 正中某人下懷
Don't waste your time investigating her husband! You're playing into the real killer's hands!
不要浪費你的時間去調查她的丈夫！否則你就正中了奸人的下懷了！

2. shore up 鞏固；支撐
The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.
西方的民主國家或將發現很難加強他們的防御5,4p((xOax0。

3. feud with 與……素來不和
Worryingly, given his feud with the judiciary, judges nominated by him will form a majority in the Constitutional Court by next year.
令人擔憂的是，考慮到他與司法部素來不和，而他提名的法官到明年將在憲法法院占據多數席位+_x,+%0ugp0#=3WAj^M。

4. set the stage for 為……打下基礎/做準備
All that borrowing set the stage for our current economic morass.
正是這些借貸讓我們的經濟陷入了泥沼#QOSE3mOzwDto。