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spell out阐明

例句：His speech spelt out his party's policy on foreign affairs.
      他的演说阐明了他的政党的对外政策。

2.Nowhere is that determination more evident than outside the oil refineries where the blockades are still in place.

no more than没有比他们的决心更明显的，表示他们已经最最有决心的，用比较级表示最高级的意思。

用比较级表示最高级

1)直接使用比较级

①How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice.

= She has the best voice I've ever heard.

她唱得多好啊！这是我听到的最美的歌喉。

②I have never read a more interesting novel.

= It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.

这是我读过的最有趣的小说。

2)比较级 + than + the other + 复数名词/ + any other + 单数名词/ + any of the other + 复数名词

①She goes to school earlier than the other girls.

她比其他女孩早上学。

②He works harder than any other student.

她学习最用功。

③China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.

中国是亚洲最大的国家

3)比较级 + than + anything/ anyone else

①George did more work than anyone else.

乔治干活最多。

②Tom cared more for money than for anything else

汤姆最喜欢钱。

4)在比较句型中使用 "no", "nobody", "nothing" 等词。

①I like nothing better than swimming.

我最喜欢游泳。

②Nobody can do the work better than he did.

这项工作他做得最出色。

3.The first proposal they made was for the BBC to take on the ￡600 million cost of providing free TV licences for the elderly, in effect, a real termed budget cut of a quarter.

take on承担

例句：He is always ready to take on heavy responsibilities.
      他一向乐于挑重担。

4.But many Turks still suspect that the integration issue is being used by German politicians to whip up anti-immigrant sentiment.

whip up激发, 激励

例句：The storm whipped up powerful waves.
      暴风雨激起了巨浪。

      The speaker soon whipped the crowd up until they were ready to march.
      演说家很快把群众煽动起来, 直到他们乐于行进。