BBC news 2011-03-03 加文本

1.A senior officer sent down from Benghazi suggested to me that in the fighting that followed, the Gaddafi army may have run out of ammunition.

run out of用完…,耗尽…

2.By late afternoon, the soldiers were chased out altogether and al-Brega was full of jubilant rebels firing their guns in the air.

chase out赶出

3.I want everybody to understand that we will spare no effort in learning how this outrageous act took place and in working with German authorities to ensure that all of the perpetrators are brought to justice.

spare no effort不遗余力, 尽力去做

例句：They spared no effort to finish the duty.
      他们不遗余力地完成这项任务。

4.The Supreme Court in the United States has ruled in favour of a controversial church that holds anti-gay protests at the funerals of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

in favour of支持…的活动

例句：Are you in favour of hanging?
      你赞成绞刑吗？

5.The court said the constitution's protection of free speech took precedence over the right of military families to privacy.

take precedence over优先于

例句：The needs of the community must take precedence over (ie must be met before) individual requirements.
      公众的利益高于个人的利益。