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cast doubt on使人对…产生怀疑
例句：The lack of facilities for elderly people has cast doubts on the whole of the redevelopment scheme.
整个重建计划缺乏提供给老人们的设施, 这使人们对此计划产生了怀疑。

2. The Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos urged his colleagues in the Eurogroup to endorse it, but the head of the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker, said too many points still needed clearing up for that to happen at talks in Brussels today.

clear up解释, 消除
例句：They hope to clear the matter up quickly.
他们希望很快就能把事情弄个水落石出。

3. The pieces of an overall deal on Greece are beginning to fall into place, but the agreement between political parties in Athens is just one part of a complex set of negotiations involving the second financial bailout and a deal with private banks to write off 100bn of Greek debt.

write off勾销,取消
例句：We'll just have to write off the arrangement if we can't find the money for it.
这项计划如果筹不到钱就只得取消。

4. In the country's border areas, the Syrian authorities have stepped up security to prevent smuggling of weapons to rebels.

step up加紧，加快；增加
例句：He's stepping up writing his new novel.
他正在加紧写作他的新小说。

5. The trend is towards beefing up support for the Syrian opposition at the risk of hastening the slide towards a sectarian civil war.

beef up加强（增援，充实）；补充（人数， 兵力）等
例句：The company plans to beef up our fringe benefit.
公司打算增加我们的附加福利。

6. Now the government has ordered the Syrian mission here to shut down and told the charge d'affaires and all his staff to leave Libya within 72 hours.

shut down完全关闭，倒闭，停止运转
例句：The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
那商店因生意萧条而停业。

7. The campaigning Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon says he will appeal against his 11-year ban from the legal profession.

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. An official from the US Drug Enforcement Administration described the haul as having put a huge dent in the supply chain of the synthetic drug to the United States.

describe as描述为
例句：His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。

9. The authorities in the West African state of Guinea have charged a senior army officer in connection with a massacre in 2009 of protesters against the former military government.

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。