BBC news 2010-12-19 加文本

1.He welcomed the Senate vote, saying no longer would patriotic Americans be asked to lie to serve their country.

no longer倒装

no longer 通常位于句中的实意动词之前，动词be、助动词和情态动词之后，有时也可位于句末或句首(用于句首时，其后用倒装语序)：

He no longer loves her. / He loves her no longer. / No longer does he love her. 他再也不爱她了。

2.The timescale for its phasing out is not immediately clear.

phase out逐步淘汰, 逐步结束

例句：The machine has been phased out.
      这种机器早已过时了。

      The factory has already phased out a batch of production equipment.
      这家工厂已经淘汰了一批生产设备。

3.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran could no longer afford the cost, which amounts to $100bn each year.

amount to共计

例句：The bill amounts to $500.
      张账单共计500美元。

4.The alleged plot to kill Evo Morales came to light in April last year when police shot dead three Europeans in a hotel in Santa Cruz, and seized weapons and ammunition.

come to light显露, 为大家所周知

例句：It has come to light that he was lying.
      大家都知道他在说谎。

5.The bank said the decision was based on a reasonable belief that Wikileaks could be engaged in activities inconsistent with its internal policies.

inconsistent with与...不一致,与...不调和

例句：Such behaviour is inconsistent with her high-minded principles
      这样的行为与她情操高尚的原则是格格不入的。