BBC news 2010-10-14 加文本

1.This leads us to predict that this rescue operation could be finished over the course of the night, which would be in advance of our original predictions.

in advance of在…之前, 超过

例句：She walked 2 yards in advance of her husband.
      她走在她丈夫前面两码远的地方。

      British Summer Time is one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time.
      英国的夏季时间比标准时间快一小时。

2.It's intended that the last miner to come up will be Luis Urzua, the shift supervisor.

come up来; 走近

例句：While we were talking, a man came up.
      我们正在谈话时, 一个人走了过来。

发生

例句：I expect something to come up soon.
      我预料很快就要出事的。

升起; 长出来; 响起, 刮起

例句：The sky was dark blue and clear when the moon came up.
      月亮出来时, 天空是深蓝色的, 非常晴朗。

3.But many inside Lebanon and outside see this trip as nothing short of inflammatory, upsetting Lebanon's fragile political system.

nothing short of完全相同

例句：To do that would be nothing short of suicide.
       那样做无异于自杀。

4.He was speaking after a judge in California ruled that the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which means that service personnel can't admit to being homosexual for fear of dismissal, was unconstitutional.

for fear of害怕,恐怕,生怕,唯恐,以防

例句：Don't hide your sickness for fear of treatment.
      不要讳疾忌医。

5.He told the BBC that freezing President Bashir's foreign bank accounts would be an effective way of putting pressure on the Sudanese government and that negotiators from North and South Sudan could benefit from an American-led diplomatic effort to resolve their differences before another war broke out.

benefit from通过…获益

例句：He thought he would benefit from going to school.
      他认为上学对他有好处。