重點講解:
1. leave behind 留下;余留;
The criminal didn't leave behind any traces of his crime.
罪犯沒有留下任何作案的痕跡 。
2. at the expense of 以犧牲…的利益為代價;
But skeptics worry that costs may be trimmed at the expense of the patient.
但是持懷疑態度的人擔心費用的削減會以犧牲病人的利益為代價 。
3. take over 接管,控制;
A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways.
一家英國報紙稱,英國航空公司計劃接管環球航空公司 。
4. prop up 支撐;維持;
Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar.
對美國資金市場的投資扶持了美元 。
n. 支柱,支持者,倚靠人
n. 道具