BBC news 2010-09-06 加文本

1.Two of the attackers managed to get into the base, and an Iraqi officer said American forces were called in to help in a gun battle with them.

call in找〔请〕来

例句：How many friends will you call in?
      你将邀请多少位朋友?

      A lawyer is often called in to write a will.
      律师常被请来写遗嘱。

manage to达成, 设法

例句：He managed to edge his way into the hall.
      他设法侧身挤进大厅。

      He managed to squeak By [through] somehow.
      他总算想办法对付过去了。

2.But I insist it is absolutely not enough for democracy, the law for the great majority of Basque society.

insist用法

insist【用法一】 v. 坚决要求；坚持要；一定要

例1：we insisted on his apology.

我们要他赔礼道歉。

例2： she insisted on seeing us home.

她坚持要送我们回家。

例3： i insisted on their arriving there ahead of time.

我坚持要他们提前赶到那。

注：1）insist on 后面不能接由“名词或代词 + 动词不定式”构成的复合宾语。不能说：the teacher insisted on all the compositions to be handed in on monday.

2）insist +宾语从句（从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟语气，即should + 动词原形或

省去should）。例如： the young men insisted that they （should） be sent to the front.

那些年轻人坚持要求被派往前线去。

【用法二】v. 坚持认为，坚持说，强调

1） insist on +名词。

例如： he insisted on his innocence.

他坚持说自己无罪。

2）insist on + 宾语从句在表示一个客观事实时（谓语动词不用虚拟语气，而应用陈述语气）。

例如： the boy insisted that he hadn’t broken the glass.

那小男孩坚持说他没有打烂玻璃杯。

3.The Roman Catholic Church has indicated it might use diplomatic channels to push for clemency for a woman in Iran who's been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

push for急切、强烈地要求, 为…奋力争取

例句：People living near the airport are pushing for new rules about night flight.
      住在机场附近的人们正强烈要求制订出夜航班机的新规。

      He pushed me for an answer.
      他催我作出答复。

4.Another soldier wounded days ago in Afghanistan has died of his wounds in a British hospital.

die of死于(疾病、过度悲伤等)

例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
      死于癌症的人越来越多了。

      My grandmother died of grief soon after her husband's death.
      祖父去世不久, 祖母就因悲伤过度而死了。