1.knock out 淘汰;擊敗

例句:He predicated in rhyme, with unerring accuracy, the round in which he would knock out his opponent.

他用韻律詩(shī)精準(zhǔn)無(wú)誤地預(yù)測(cè)他將在哪一回合淘汰他的對(duì)手。

2.hold out 堅(jiān)持

例句:Professional football and baseball players hold out if their team refuses to pay them what they think they are worth.

職業(yè)足球和棒球選手，如果他們的球隊(duì)伸出拒絕支付他們什么他們認(rèn)為他們的價(jià)值。

3.tend to 傾向于

例句:We all tend to overemphasize the purposes we feel most passionate about and neglect the others. Churches do the same thing.

我們都偏重于自己較熱衷的目的，而忽然其他的，教會(huì)亦是如此。

4.pick up 撿起;接載

例句:He would just pick up the phone and get foreign people to invest in his economy in South Africa.

他會(huì)拿起電話打給國(guó)外的投資人，讓他們到南非來(lái)投資。