BBC news 2010-05-12 加文本

1.The election resulted in the Conservatives winning the largest number of seats, but failing to secure an overall majority, leaving Britain’s third party, the Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power.

result in导致,结果是

例句：The game resulted in another victory for our team.
      比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。

      The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
      这次水灾造成相当大的减产。

leaving现在分词作结果状语

2.Mr. Cameron was appointed Prime Minister just after the incumbent Gordon Brown resigned, bringing to an end 13 years of Labor government.

bring to an end使结束

例句：The new treaty will Bring to an end the long war.
      新的谈判将使长久的战争结束。

3.Above all, it was a privilege to serve, and yes, I loved the job, not for its prestige, its titles and its ceremony, which I do not love at all.

above all首要的是; 尤其

例句：He was above all a good and tireless writer.
      他首先是一位优秀的、不知疲倦的作家。

4.He would, he said, strive to restore trust in politicians as the new government tackled the challenges ahead.

strive to争取

例句：We must strive to push our national economy forward.
      我们要努力把国民经济搞上去。

5.Transocean suggested that the blame lay with another company, Haliburton, that they say failed to seal the well correctly.

lay with在于

例句：Again we failed, and this failure lay with me.
      我们又失败了，而这一次的失败责任在我。

6.I want to underscore that the global resources of BP are committed to this effort and have been from the outset.

from the outset从…开始

例句：The novel fascinates the reader from the outset.
       这部小说一开头就把读者迷住了。