1.to no avail 沒有用；沒有成功

A few of his family were stood around trying to cheer him up, to no avail.

他的幾個家人站在他周圍試圖鼓舞他振作起來，但一點兒用都沒有92-E8p!98orDIW。

2.bring sth. to its knees 擾亂；逼停

Many fear that all of these new regulations will bring the stock market to its knees.

不少人擔心，所有這些新規會擾亂股票市場M[2xCO=P#[ttb_。

3.tall order 很高的要求；艱巨的人物

Finishing in time was a tall order but we did it.

按時完工很難，但我們做到了H2rCFz!mH)L(s。

4.with the benefit of hindsight 事后來看

True, with the benefit of hindsight, certain aspects of the scheme will need to be reconsidered and I am grateful for Members' views and suggestions.

沒錯，事后看來，這個計劃的某些方面確實需要再考慮考慮，非常感謝各位的意見和建議K~WA!0+w5Jg。

5.would do well to heed sth. 應該

You’re still only a junior employee in this business, and you’d do well to heedthat.

你在這行資歷還很淺，你應該好好記住這點_J7%)O^h7qQ(NeXf37oN。