BBC news 2010-07-03 加文本

1.He'd accepted gifts worth up to $150,000 from a convicted drugs baron, Glen Agliotti, in return for turning a blind eye to his drug deals.

in return for作为对…的回报,作为…的交换条件

例句：payment made in return for a service rendered.
      作为奖赏提供服务的钱款。

turn a blind eye to熟视无睹，对…视而不见

2. The cargo ship is now at a safe distance from the orbiting station, and another docking attempt could be made in the next 48 hours.

make an attempt企图

例句：He made an attempt at suicide.
      他试图自杀。

3.Brazil had a man sent off, by then they were in the unfamiliar position of trailing by two goals to one.

send off解雇,给...送行

例句：Troops were being sent off to the front.
      军队正被派往前线。

4.Earlier in the day, five-times World Cup champions Brazil were knocked out of the tournament.

knock out of狠揍某人; 彻底打败

例句：If you don't tell me where you got that money, I'll knock the living daylights out of you!
      你要不告诉我钱是从哪儿来的, 我就揍扁你!

      Our team was knocked out of the competition in the second game.
      在第二轮比赛中我们队被淘汰了。