1.except for 除…之外
Except for those places, this is a problem.
除了這些地區以外,其他地區的問題很嚴重 。
Except for that deletion, mr. sokol concurred in the accuracy of the press release.
除了刪除的那段話,索科爾先生對這則新聞稿的準確性別無異議 。
2.tick up 增加
It may tick up in coming years as the young people now in college graduate.
并且在未來幾年里還會加上現在大學畢業的年輕人 。
A significant slowdown could cause the number of nonperforming loans to tick up.
經濟顯著放緩或會導致不良貸款增加 。
3.because of 因為,由于
And it's not because of poor earnings.
而且,這并非因為盈利糟糕 。
Most likely because of krzanich-school practicality.
很可能是因為科茲安尼克的實用至上主義 。
4.push down 壓倒;迫使
Speculation increased that the federal reserve might make further unconventional interventions to push down long-term borrowing costs.
美聯儲可能會針對投機買賣的增長采取進一步非傳統干涉來降低長期借款費用 。
Big supply gluts in ireland and spain are likely to push down house prices there for some time to come.
在愛爾蘭和西班牙,大量過剩的房屋應當會在一段時間內推動房價持續走低 。