BBC news 2010-04-17 加文本

civil action民事诉讼

例句：She brought a civil action against one of her neighbours.
      她对她的一个邻居提出民事诉讼。

2.The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva has put the head of the army in charge of national security as he fights a campaign by opposition protesters demanding that he step down.

in charge of主管，负责

例句：The teacher is in charge of the class.
      这位教师负责这个班。

      I'll be in charge of the whole factory next week when the director is away.
      下周厂长不在时, 我将负责整个工厂。

step down退休, 辞职

例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
      那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。

3.Reports from Iran say the former President Mohammad Khatami has been barred from leaving the country to attend a nuclear disarmament conference in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

bar from禁止(接近〔做〕…)

例句：The members voted to bar women from the club.
      会员表决不让妇女加入该俱乐部。

      After the member was caught cheating, he was barred from the club.
      那会员行骗被抓后, 被开除会籍。

4.And finally, while volcanic ash from Iceland is causing uNPRecedented disruption to air travel across Europe, a taxi driver in Moscow has seen it as a business opportunity.

see as把...看做

例句：I see it as a portent of things to come.
      我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆。