BBC news 2009-11-23 加文本

1.The chairman of the Policing Board, Barry Gilligan, said it wouldn't be deterred from its work.

deter from阻止

例句：Failure did not deter him from trying again.
      失败并没有阻止他再度尝试。

      I could not deter him from going there.
      我不能阻止他去那里。

2.They're working on behalf of the community.

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。

3.Israel hasn't ruled out military action to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.

rule out拒绝考虑,把…排除在外,使成为不可能

例句：I think we can rule out the possibility of objection to us.
      我认为我们可以排除有人反对我们的可能性。

4.Parallel to the presidential vote, a referendum to reduce the size of parliament, also looks set to succeed.

parallel to平行于

例句：The Brook runs parallel to the road.
      小河与路平行而流