BBC news 2009-09-08 加文本

1.A court here in London has found three British Muslim men guilty of conspiracy to murder by plotting to blow up planes bound for North America in 2006.

bound for驶往

例句：This train is bound for Illinois.
       这火车开往伊利诺州。

be bound to肯定,必然,注定;保证做某事,有义务做某事

例句：The party is bound to be successful / enjoyable.
      这次聚会肯定会成功/很愉快。

2.Four more defendants were cleared of involvement in the plot.

clear of畅通的,无阻的;清除了…的;无,没有

例句：The entrance is clear of obstruction.
      这入口没有障碍物。

3.If you, Mr. President, cannot commit Israel to a settlement freeze, who is going to believe in the Arab and the Muslim worlds that you will be able to commit Israel to withdraw to the 1967 borders and establish a Palestinian state?

commit to把...托付给,把...交给, 承担义务, 担负责任; 使(自己)致力于

例句：You must commit the poem to memory.
      你必须记住这首诗。

4.He also said she intends to appeal to both the appeals court and the constitutional court.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...

例句：I intend to contest the judge's decision in another court.
      我打算到另一个法庭去对法官的判决进行抗辩。

5.The interim report is based on a survey carried out on behalf of the Indian government and is the first study of how many Indians working abroad have been hit by the global economic downturn.

on behalf of代表...

例句：The legal guardian must act on behalf of the child.
      法定监护人应该维护这个孩子的利益。