1.shed light on 闡明
A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question.
新的方法提供了一個答案,并且可能讓人們對一個更大的問題有進一步的了解 。
2.take place 發生
A race between the two is now unlikely to take place this side of the world championships.
現在看來,本屆世界錦標賽之前兩人之間不太可能展開較量了 。
3.take on 開始
Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity.
由于以為自己只剩一年的活頭,他的文字開始變得激情澎湃 。
4.on average 平均
Why does Japan invest, on average, twice as much capital per worker per year than the United States?
為什么日本平均每年在每個工人身上的投入是美國的兩倍呢?
5.turning points 轉折點
The vote yesterday appears to mark something of a turning point in the war.
昨天的投票似乎標志著戰爭中的某個轉折點 。