1.to the point of 到了……的地步/程度
Around the great fountain, the earth was already dried up to the point of being burnt.
大水池周?chē)馗傻孟笫强窘沽艘粯?span style="display:none">YoE5BTw;1rS。

2.even less often 更少……
Bryde's whales are rarely seen, even less often photographed.
很少有人看到布氏鯨，更別說(shuō)拍到了8~nBJ4[6jcF。

3.take it upon oneself to do sth. 自主；
We don't have enough time to cover all of this in class, so you'll need to take it upon yourselves if you want to learn more.
因?yàn)闀r(shí)間關(guān)系，我們課上不能面面俱到，所以，要想學(xué)更多的內(nèi)容，大家需要課后自己自學(xué)GL*UOn&sLrx。

4.take issue with 反對(duì)
He thought his boss was wrong but was afraid to take issue with him on the matter.
他認(rèn)為他的上司不對(duì)，但又不敢公然反對(duì)1#12aTchzA。