BBC news 2010-01-27 加文本

1.Sir Michael Wood, the Foreign Office's most senior legal adviser at the time, summed up his position in a statement submitted to the inquiry.

sum up概括,总结

例句：It is necessary to sum up experience conscientiously.
      要认真总结经验。

2.It read "I considered the use of force against Iraq in March 2003 was contrary to international law".

contrary to与...相反

例句：We must hear opinions contrary to ours.
      我们应该听取相反的意见。

3.GM put Saab on the market more than a year ago, but negotiations on earlier deals had fallen through.

fall through失败,落空,成为泡影

例句：Our plans for an outing fell through.
      我们郊游的计划落空了。

4.It's also succeeded doing a deal in the nick of time.

in the nick of time在紧要关头,在关键时刻;恰好,正好

例句：His generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time.
      他对那个实验室的慷慨捐赠来得正是时候。

The car came to a dead stop in the nick of time.
恰好，这辆车突然停住了。

5.Jean-Marie Dore was appointed by the general currently in charge of Guinea after the military government agreed to step down.

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。

6.NASA says all efforts to free the robot vehicle have failed and it will now live out its days as a static science station.

live out one's days过了一辈子