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manage to达成,设法

例句：You'd be surprised at how much you can manage to get done if you just concentrate.
       如果你专心去做，就会惊异地发现自己能够完成多大的工作量。

2. Iranian analysts and activists do point out that any death sentence in the country has to be confirmed by a higher court before it’s carried out.

carry out执行; 贯彻
 
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
      他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。

      If you make a promise, it should be carried out.
      你许了诺言, 就一定要兑现。

point out指出; 把注意力引向…

例句：This guide book points out the main facts of early American history.
       这本导游手册讲述了美洲早期的重要史实。

3.And they say harsh penalties are often handed down to intimidate detainees and are not necessarily enacted.

hand down正式宣布, 正式宣判

例句：The judge handed down a very heavy sentence on him.
      法官给他判了很重的刑。

not necessarily未必，不一定

例句：The new city does not necessarily have a bishop or a cathedral.
      这个新城市并不一定要有一个主教或一个主教座堂。

4.The proposals for a 77--storey glass tower were given the go-ahead by city officials earlier this month.

go ahead走在前面；先走

例句：We are going to go ahead on the assumption that they don't know what they are doing.
      我们将继续认定他们并不知道他们在做什么。