BBC news 2010-01-12 加文本

step aside使让位，退位

例句：Those who persist with the present policies should step aside.
      坚持当前政策的那些人应该退居二线。

相当于step down走下,逐步减低,辞职,下台

例句：He is entertaining no thoughts of stepping down.
      他现时没有下台的想法。

2.The Enterprise Minister will take over his duties.

take over接收,接管

例句：The teacher consented to my urgings and let me take over the genome project.
      老师答应了我的要求，让我接管这个基因组项目。

3.How he plays his hand in the weeks to come could determine whether the peace process goes off the rails or not.

off the rails失去控制，混乱

例句：He is always a dutiful person, so will not go off the rails.
      他向来是个守本分的人，不会做出越轨之事。

4.This case challenges the highest law of the land, the US constitution and could end up being decided at the highest level, the US Supreme Court.

end up结束,告终

例句：It ended up with everyone going home.
      结果每个人都回家了。

      You may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you've been barking up the wrong tree.
      如果你发现自己一直没弄清楚状况，最后你没准儿看起来有点愚蠢。

5.For his part, Mr Zelaya says the charges amount to a cover-up.

amount to意味着…;成为…

例句：What you say amounts to a direct accusation.
      你所说的话等于直接的指责。