BBC news 2010-06-18 加文本

1.Infuriated by Mr Hayward's inability or unwillingness to answer their questions, committee members resorted to expressing their disgust, more than one saying he felt insulted.

resort to诉诸于…,求助于,使用…

例句：The beggar resorted to the restaurant for some soup.
      这个乞丐常去该饭店要汤喝。

      The people resorted to violence to get their demands.
      人们以诉诸暴力方式来得到需要。

2.Amnesty International said Israel had yet to comply with international law by lifting the blockade immediately.

comply with服从, 遵从

例句：The factory was closed for failing to comply with government safety regulations.
      工厂由于未能遵守政府的安全条例而被关闭了。

      The rule must be complied with.
      这条规则必须遵守。

3.The five men are convicted under the 17th century law of the sea, but their trial throws open the question of jurisdiction over crimes at sea in international waters.

throw open突然打开,开放

例句：Threw open the nomination.
      突然公布提名

4. I see inability to share intelligence about organized group and information about markets and shipments and so on and so forth.

so on and so forth如此等等

5.He's standing down after the current campaign. It now looks like that's going to be sooner rather than later.

stand down暂时辞退

rather than而不是

例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
      他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。