BBC news 2009-11-02 加文本

1.Instead, it's ended in disarray with the challenge Doctor Abdullah Abdullah, pulling out of the runoff.

pull out of退出,取消

例句：He threatened to pull out of the common market.
      他威协要退出共同市场。

2.So efforts are now on their way to find a legal means of bringing things to an end.

bring to an end使结束

例句：Leaving university brought my carefree days to an end.
       离开大学结束了我无忧无虑的日子。

      The new treaty will bring to an end the long war.
      新的谈判将使长久的战争结束。

3.Officials in Sri Lanka have confirmed that the US authorities intend to interview the country's senior military commander about alleged war crimes during the army's confict with Tamil Tiger rebels.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...

例句：I certainly didn't intend to cause you so much trouble.
      我的确不想给你造成这么大的麻烦。

4.The police say the man they are holding, Yaakov Teitel, an American immigrant, was arrested last month as he was handing out leaflets condemning homosexuals.

hand out分发, 发给, 散发

例句：Will you help me to hand out the materials for the lecture?
      你可以帮我分发演讲材料吗?

      Have you handed out the Christmas gifts?
      圣诞礼物都分发出去了吗?

5.Thousands of people turned out to watch. Here is our board correspondent Mark Lowan.

turn out出席（某项活动）；在场

例句：You can't expect everything to turn out as you wish.
       很难万事如意。