1.take the lead 率先
Now everybody sing! I'll take the lead.
現(xiàn)在大家唱歌,我起頭 。
2.tantamount to 等于,相當(dāng)于
What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy.
布里斯正在說的無異于異端邪說 。
3.strike down 擊倒,殺死
He was struck down by cancer at the age of thirty.
他三十歲那年被癌癥奪去了性命 。
4.hand down 傳下去,下發(fā),宣布
Tougher sentences are being handed down these days
現(xiàn)如今宣判的裁決比以前嚴(yán)厲了 。