1.in the region of 在...附近;在...左右
The scheme will cost in the region of six million pounds.
這個計劃將耗資大約600萬英鎊 。
2.invest in 投資于
We have to invest in science for ourselves.
我們需要為我們自己而投資科學 。
3.accord with 與...相符
Hemming's account does not accord with the police evidence.
亨明的描述與警方的證據不符 。
4.spring a leak 出現漏縫
The barrel began to spring a leak.
那個木桶開始破裂泄漏了 。