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hold out顶住, 坚持
例句：Our soldiers held out against the enemy's attacks for a week.
我们的战士抵抗敌人的进攻达一周之久。

2. Marie Colvin's trenchant and compassionate reporting and now her death along with Remi Ochlik have focused international attention even more on the plight of thousands of civilians trapped in Baba Amr.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

3. Ethiopian troops backed by forces of the Somali interim government have taken control of the central city of Baidoa from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.

take control of掌管
例句：There must be someone who can take control of these naughty children.
应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子。

4. Mr Mubarak has been accused of responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of protesters in last year's uprising.

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

5. Outside the court, demonstrators called for the death penalty for Hosni Mubarak.

call for需要
例句：Your plan will call for a lot of money.
你的计划需要许多钱。

6. Since then, remarkably little has emerged to shed light on what happened during the 18 days of revolution last year.

shed light on为...提供线索, 对...透露情况, 使...清楚地显出, 阐明...
例句：She has told them nothing that could shed light on her husband's whereabouts. 
她没向他们提供任何有关她丈夫下落的线索。 

7. The ship ran aground last month off the coast of Italy.

run aground (船)搁浅；受阻
例句：Our ship ran aground in the fog.
我们的船在雾中搁浅了。

8. He said success would bind Greece to the euro and shield it from default.

shield from使免遭(不幸之事)
例句：She intended to shield the child from the bad information.
她打算不让这个孩子知道这个坏消息。

9. The British Prime Minister David Cameron has given the English football authorities two months to come up with an action plan to combat all forms of discrimination.

come up with (针对问题等)想出;提供
例句：He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一个推广产品的好方法。

10. News International has already paid out millions of dollars in damages to dozens of celebrities, politicians and others whose messages it intercepted.

pay out支付, 付出
例句：I could hardly expect him to pay out a large sum of money for such a drawing.
我很难指望他为这样一幅画付出一大笔钱。