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sell out背叛, 出卖
例句：He will never sell out his friends.
他绝不会出卖朋友。

2. The British said they'd turned their backs on the Arab world.

turn one's back on不理睬，抛弃
例句：He turned his back on his wife when he became famous.
他成名以后就背弃了他的妻子。

3. The Russians in turn accused Western nations of pursuing regime change through the resolution they'd sponsored.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

4. And just within past couple of minutes, we've seen clashes on the horizon, and a cloud of smoke now hanging over another part of Homs, which seems to suggest that shelling of some description has resumed.

hang over挂在…之上, 悬浮在…之上; 威胁, 即将降临〔发生〕
例句：The incident that morning still hung like a cloud over them.
早上发生的事还像一片乌云似的罩在他们心头。

5. Parts of Homs - those parts which oppose the regime - are now virtually cut off, and we have to come in using a very elaborate route escorted by activists who are bringing in medical supplies and bringing in fresh blood donated a few hours earlier in the villages around Homs.

cut off使分离；使隔绝
例句：The village was cut off by the snow for more than a month.
这个村庄被大雪封闭了一个多月。
bring in进口；带进，引入，引来
例句：He brought in two new members last week.
他上周带进2名新成员。

6. They called for political reform.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

7. The patients were lined up against a wall and shot dead.

line up组织, 邀集
例句：They've lined up some excellent entertainers for our show.
他们已组织了一批非常出色的演员来参加我们的演出。

8. After November's decision to suspend the maverick youth leader from the governing party, the ANC, an appeals panel agreed that he was guilty of sowing division in the party, but they said they would give him another chance to argue that his sentence is too harsh.

suspend from停职;暂停参加活动;休学
例句：Tom was suspended from school for bad conduct.
汤姆因行为不端被停学。  

9. In football, Zambia have become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.

qualify for (使)有…资格
例句：Will our team qualify for the second round of the competition?
我们队有资格进入第二轮比赛吗?

10. In Britain, Heathrow Airport has cancelled around a third of Sunday's flights because of expected heavy snow, and the canals in Venice have started freezing over.

freeze over封冻
例句：When the river freezes over, we can walk across on the ice.
河流结冻时, 我们可以踏冰穿过河面。