重點講解：
1. credit with
認為是…的功勞；把…歸于；
eg. The staff are crediting him with having saved Hythe's life.
職員們稱贊他救了海絲的命9dzIWFO.(g_Q]isl9J!!。
eg. The 74-year-old mayor is credited with helping make Los Angeles the financial capital of the West Coast.
洛杉磯成為西海岸的金融中心，那位74歲的市長功不可沒Zrjy;-on,ov。
2. thanks to
幸虧；歸因于；
eg. Thanks to his seat belt, he walked away unharmed.
幸好他系了安全帶，所以沒有受傷X+(jI*8Y~YP。
eg. Thanks to Bateman's heroics in the second half, the team won 2-0.
由于貝特曼在下半場的英勇表現，球隊以 2:0 獲勝7]7QT(#zf4*d;cB=B&8f。
3. contribute to
（為…）做貢獻；
eg. Key burbled about the wonderful people who contribute to tourism.
基喋喋不休地談論著那些對旅游業作出貢獻的了不起的人物|yp%G4KkTIrLP;lE!U。
eg. Honesty and hard work contribute to success and happiness.
誠實加苦干有助于成功和幸福%I(!VpXcc^s_!!iLn。
4. be equivalent to
相當于…；
eg. Changing her job like that is equivalent to giving her the sack.
那樣調換她的工作等于是解雇她cI=U)Hq*@^OD。
eg. Nodding your head is equivalent to saying "yes".
點頭就等于說 “贊同”y2tgXS+[^YiYF1|。
5. rather than
而非；勝于；而不是；
eg. One should take these precepts in the spirit rather than in the letter.
人們應該去理解這些格言的精神實質而不是死摳字面oij&d-WVlKE。
eg. Many products are made by machinery rather than by hand.
許多產品是機器造的而不是手工做的f;LO.=%WOX。