重點講解:
1. close off 隔絕;封鎖;
例句:Police closed off about 12 blocks of a major San Francisco thoroughfare for today's march.
由于今天的示威游行,警方封鎖了舊金山一條主干道上大約12個街區(qū) 。
2. so as to do sth. (用于引出原因)為了;以便;
例句:You should exercise more so as to keep energetic.
你應(yīng)當(dāng)多鍛煉以保持精力充沛 。
3. cut down 砍倒(樹木);
例句:A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.
一個故意破壞公物的人用鏈鋸伐倒了一棵樹 。
4. suffer from (因疾病或處于其他不利境地而)受苦,受難,受折磨;
例句:Many kids suffer from acne and angst.
許多年輕人都會受到青春痘和焦慮的困擾 。
5. make up 組成;構(gòu)成;
例句:Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force.
女警占警力的13% 。
6. account for (數(shù)量或比例上)占;
例句:Drug costs account for a higher proportion of the total medical costs.
藥品費用占醫(yī)療總費用比例較高 。
7. in an effort to do sth. 為了做某事;努力做某事;
例句:She has been studying very hard in an effort to catch up with her classmates.
她學(xué)得非常努力,以便趕上她的同學(xué) 。
8. break up (使)分裂;(被)拆分;(使)破碎;散(會);(使)解散;
例句:Police tried to break up the gang.
警察試圖瓦解黑幫 。
n. 行政,管理,行政部門