1.instead of 代替;取代
It felt like I'd had two babies instead of one.
我感覺(jué)像是有兩個(gè)孩子而不是一個(gè)
。2.split apart 分開(kāi);裂成碎片
He proposed that the two continents might have been one, then split apart.
他提出,這兩個(gè)大陸曾經(jīng)可能是一整塊,然后分開(kāi)了
。3.step down 辭職;讓位
efense Secretary Robert Gates has said he would step down in 2011.
國(guó)防部長(zhǎng)羅伯特-蓋茨曾表示將于2011年退位
。4.put together 裝配;加在一起
We wouldn't have time to put together an agreement.
我們沒(méi)有時(shí)間來(lái)制訂出一個(gè)協(xié)議