重點講解：
1. end up (通常指意外地)最終到達；
The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
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2. stop short of 險些(做…)；差點沒(做…)；
It contends some are operating on the margins of legality, although it has stopped short of taking direct action against them.
雖然沒有采取直接的行動，但這份名單里的一些人的確是在打法律的擦邊球Vm9riHaI7(.。
3. a raft of 大堆；大量；
Regulators in turn have pushed through a raft of rules on the amount of equity and liquidity institutions should hold.
監管機構進而推行一系列規定，對金融機構應當持有的股本和流動性數量實施管理UJz[y%7DTo(D8[t。
4. ahead of the pack （在競賽中）領先其他對手；
The Socialists may still finish ahead of the pack.
社會黨最終仍可能會領先g[;]c6juMt+Ti_h_CQ#。