BBC news 2009-08-26 加文本

1.Last week, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki traveled to Damascus for talks on security cooperation and the visit ended with the host reiterating their commitment to help Iraq become stable and prosperous.

commit to承诺做某事

换成名词形式时，commitment to后面的不定式做后置定语

例句：We have a commitment to produce thirty airplanes over the next three years.
      我们承诺在未来三十年生产三十架飞机。

2.Ever since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, both Baghdad and Washington have pointed the finger at Syria for harboring Iraqis and other Arab militants banned on overthrowing the Iraqi government.

point the finger at指责, 指摘, 指控

例句：The company has been forced to point the finger at him after all the trouble that has been caused.
      出了所有这些麻烦之后，公司不得不指责他。

3.Bank leaders said the bonuses would now only be based on long-term profits rather than short-term speculation.

would rather than宁愿, 与其...不如...

例句：He would suffer death rather than betray the secret.
      他宁死也不肯泄露机密。