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2011-08-31来源:BBC

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1. The British government says the United Nations has agreed to release $1.5bn worth of Libyan money held in British banks to help with emergency humanitarian aid in Libya and restore confidence in the economy.

help with帮助(某人)做…
例句:He's helping with odd jobs.
他在帮着干杂活。

2. But in the meantime, countries can apply to the sanctions committee to release amounts of money to assist with what it called basic expenses.

in the meantime在…期间,同时
例句:The war dragged on. In the meantime, an economic crisis took place in that country.
战争持续着。在这期间那个国家发生了经济危机。
apply to向…申请〔要求〕
例句:We applied to the authorities for assistance.
我们向当局请求帮助。

3. The two companies are planning to put a total of over $3bn into exploration of the Arctic Ocean and the Black Sea.

put into使处于某种状态
例句:The plan began to be put into operation.
这计划已经开始实施。

4. Ibrahim Ghandour accused the rebels of continuing the fighting, saying the government troops were acting in self-defence.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句:She accused the official of corruption.
她指控这位官员腐败。

5. Bolivia's Supreme Court has sentenced five former senior military officers in connection with the killing of almost 60 people during protests in 2003.

in connection with与…有关,连同
例句:He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

6. Up to now, Swedish readers have been able to log on to the newspapers' comment pages using pseudonyms or nicknames.

up to now到目前为止
例句:I have heard nothing from him up to now.
迄今为止我没得到他一点音信。
log on登录
例句:Anyone can log on to this computer.
任何人都可以登陆这台计算机。

7. Editors admit it won't be entirely foolproof - mischief-makers could set up bogus accounts - but they think it will weed out most racist and other anti-social opinions.

set up引起, 产生
例句:By what are tides set up?
是什么引起潮汐的?
weed out除去
例句:He weeded out one by one the books he didn't want.
他把不想要的书一本一本丢掉。

8. The Israeli army says it's training Jewish settlers in the West Bank to repel violent protests in anticipation of unrest by Palestinians when they make a bid for separate statehood at the United Nations next month.

in anticipation of期待,预期
例句:In anticipation of bad weather they took plenty of warm clothes
他们预料到会变天而带了很多厚衣服。

9. The military said local forces were being prepared to deal with what it called "any possible scenario", although settler officials denied they were being given tear gas and stun grenades.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句:There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

10. Rescue workers in the eastern United States are airlifting food and water to towns cut off by flooding after up to 40cm of torrential rain fell in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

cut off切〔隔〕断, 阻碍
例句:Our water supply has been cut off.
我们断水了。
in the wake of尾随,紧跟,仿效
例句:Plague came in the wake of earthquake.
地震之后紧跟着就是瘟疫。