BBC news 2009-10-27 加文本

to the hilt完全地,彻底地,最大限度地

例句：He was involver in politics to the hilt.
      他完全卷进了政治。

      His guilt was proved up to the hilt.
      他的罪行被完全证实了。

2. But the spokesman for Mr. Tsvangirai said that they'd failed to break the deadlock.

break the deadlock打破僵局

例句：There were many attempts to break the deadlock.
      曾经多方设法打破僵局。

      A compromise may break the deadlock between the union and management.
      妥协也许能打破劳资双方所处的僵局。

3.The nationwide sting has resulted in some 700 arrests.

result in导致,结果是

例句：The game resulted in another victory for our team.
      比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。

      The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
       这次水灾造成相当大的减产。

4.Its decision to split itself into its original components, a bank and an insurance company, comes against the background of growing international political and commercial enthusiasm to see large banks broken up, so that they can no longer be considered too big to fail.

no longer不再

例句：His parents no longer have any real influence over him.
       他的父母对他不再有任何真正的约束力了。

      He will no longer touch the secret anguish in his heart.
      他再也不想碰这内心的隐痛了。

5.In her memoirs which have been released today, Juanita Castro says that she fell out with her brothers Fidel and Raul, the current president of Cuba, over the killing of several opponents in the early years of the Cuban Revolution.

fall out争吵

例句：They had been quite good friends for years, until they fell out about some trivial matter.
       他们是多年的好朋友, 后来为了件小事吵起来。

      She has fallen out with all her neighbors.
      她和所有的邻居都吵翻了。