BBC news 2009-11-05 加文本

1.The 23 Americans, all but one of them identified as CIA officers, were convicted of kidnapping an Egyptian terrorism suspect Abu Omar on the streets of Milan in 2003 and flying him to Germany and on to Egypt where he says he was tortured.

all but几乎, 差不多

例句：She all but fainted when she heard the news.
      听到那消息, 她差点晕过去。

除了…之外(都)

例句：All but one of the passengers were killed in the accident.
      除了一个乘客外, 其他人都在这起事故中丧生。

2.Egypt has distanced itself from the Palestinian president’s demand that Israel stop settlement building in the West Bank before a resumption of talks.

distance itself from远离

例句：A more appropriate stance would be for the leader to distance itself from the com-petitors.
      作为领导者，一个较正确的姿态是在自己和对手之间，拉开距离。

3.The allegations center on payments given to computer manufacturers for installing only Intel processors in their products, which the lawsuit says shut out rival chipmakers.

shut out把…关在外面,不使…入内;排挤,使不能得分

例句：They shut out the advances of the rival team.
       他们让敌队的进攻毫无所获(在比赛中未得分)。

       The Building shut out our view of the water.
       这建筑遮住了我们看海的视线。

4.Britain implemented the United Nations-backed embargo five years ago in response to the conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur.

in response to作为对…的答复,响应…,应…

例句：He opened the door in response to a knock.
      他应敲门声而开了门。