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2010-12-05来源:和谐英语

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1. The international community helped pay for these elections, one of the world's most expensive relative to population ever held, and they seem reluctant to see the results change so Mr Gbagbo can stay in power.

relative to关于…的, 和…比较起来

例句：Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.
      与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的。

      These are the facts relative to the problem.
      这些都是与这问题有关的事实。

2.Internationally there have been widespread calls for Laurent Gbagbo to step aside.

step aside从权威地位退下

例句：I'm not ready to step aside yet.
我还没有准备让位。

3.It will contribute significantly to achieving my goal of doubling US exports over the next five years.

contribute to为…作出贡献,促成

例句：Smoking is a major factor contribute to cancer.
吸烟是致癌的一个重要因素。

4.Palestinian firefighters have joined international efforts to put out the huge forest fire in northern Israel.

put out扑灭; 熄灭

例句：They quickly put out the fire.
他们迅速将火扑灭。

Smoking is forbidden here. Please put your cigarette out.
这里禁止吸烟, 请将您的烟熄灭。

5.It was bound for the Russian Republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus.

bound for驶往