1.get tough with sb. 采取堅決態度;采用強硬手段
例句:
The government has threatened to get tough with people who try to avoid paying taxes.
政府威脅要強硬對付那些想逃稅的人。
2.amount to (數量上)達到;(意義上)等于
例句:
Her reply amounts to a refusal.
她的回答等于拒絕。
3.under supervision 在...的監管之下
例句:
The work was done under my supervision.
4.lock sb. up/away 把...關入牢房
例句:
He was locked away for murder.
他因殺人罪被關押。