BBC news 2012-01-31 加文本 讲解翻译

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。
step down退休, 辞职
例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。

2. At the White House, meanwhile, the president's spokesman Jay Carney said Bashar al-Assad's fall was inevitable and governments needed to bear this in mind when deciding where they stood.

bear in mind记住
例句：He'll bear the beautiful girl in mind forever.
他将永远记住那位美丽的姑娘。

3. He didn't point the finger directly at Moscow, but he said that those who prop up what he called a brutal regime would find themselves in a small minority.

point the finger at指责, 指摘, 指控
例句：The company has been forced to point the finger at him after all the trouble that has been caused.
出了所有这些麻烦之后，公司不得不指责他。
prop up支持, 资助
例句：The government props up the prices of farm products to support farmers' incomes.
政府保持农产品价格不变以保障农民们的收入。

4. As part of the ongoing investigation, 10 American and European citizens who work for the organisations have been banned from leaving Egypt.

ban from禁止
例句：They were banned from attending.
禁止他们出席。

5. The Czech Republic has joined Britain in refusing to enter the agreement which sets up stricter budgetary rules to prevent future debt crises.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

6. The report says the quest for economic growth is leading to increased social inequality, environmental degradation and economic decline.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

7. Mr Duvalier's lawyers have already said they'll appeal against any decision to put him on trial.

appeal against提起上诉
例句：She will appeal against the judge's decision.
她要对判决提出上诉。

8. Human Rights Watch said 29 of the Christians were women who, according to three of them, were subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches while in prison.

be subjected to使经受; 被统治；被支配
例句：Everyone is subjected to the laws of this country.
人人都得遵守这个国家的法律。

9. A new study has recommended that doctors take blood pressure readings from both arms rather than just one.

rather than而不是
例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。