1.long before 早已……了許久

He began to go down to the shore, but long before he reached it, the sun had set.

他開始下去海邊，但到他走到海邊時，太陽已經下山許久了(teBQPn~@dfmdE~7^B。

2.a leading cause of 首要原因之一

Reckless driving is a leading cause of accidents on the highways of the United States.

危險駕駛是美國高速公路事故的首要原因之一@%o9bU@cCI4gxxv(42b。

3.at the very least 至少的至少；最起碼

At the very least, such decisions should be subject to review by an independent judge, not made by a member of that government.

最起碼，這樣的決定應該交由一名獨立法官裁決，而不是由一名內閣成員做出%o.7CE&Ipoz80Xgkx.。

4.it is tempting to 不禁要

It is tempting to ask whether India has tired of corruption just as it was beginning to show some results.

我們不禁要問，印度的腐敗問題才剛剛開始顯山露水，印度人民就已經受夠了嗎？