BBC news 2010-03-30 加文本

1.The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have vowed to track down those behind the suicide bombings on the Moscow underground.

track down追捕到, 追查出
 
例句：All citizens should help the police in tracking the criminals down.
      所有市民都应该帮助警察追捕罪犯。

2.These were simply beasts and regardless of their motives, what they did is a crime under any law and in accordance with any morals.

regardless of不管, 不顾

例句：I shall go regardless of the weather.
      无论天气好坏我都要去。

3.However, it will be faced over the rest of this year and will be subjected to market conditions.

be subjected to遭受,经受.受到…控制

例句：The man was subjected to questioning by the police.
      这个人受到警方的盘查。

4.On every important issue, Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Erdogan seemed to be at odds with each other.

at odds with与…不和, 与…争吵

例句：She is at odds with her boss.
      她与上司不和。

5.The dissident, Guillermo Farinas said he preferred to remain on hunger strike rather than leave his homeland.

prefer to… rather than…喜欢……而不喜欢……

prefer to更喜欢(宁愿)

例句：I prefer to iron my shirts while they are still damp.
      我喜欢在衬衫尚潮湿时熨烫。

两个动词短语均可作“喜欢……而不喜欢……”或“宁愿……而不愿……”解，其后均可接名词。

例如：

I prefer volleyball to basketball（＝I prefer to volleyball rather than basketball）． 我喜欢排球而不喜欢篮球。
主要区别在于：prefer…to…之后接动词时，均用-ing形式。例如：
He prefers walking to cycling． 他宁愿步行而不愿骑自行车。

而prefer to…rather than…之后接动词时，均要用动词原形。例如：

Liu Hulan preferred to die rather than surrender before the enemy． 刘胡兰在敌人面前宁死不屈。
Xiao Wu prefers to work rather than sit idle． 小吴喜欢工作而不喜欢闲坐。