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短语讲解：

1. For several months now, a sanctions bill has been held up in the Senate banking committee.

hold up 举起；支撑
例句：Still, some conventional wisdom did hold up in the study.
不过，这一研究报告也支持一些传统的观点。

2. The roof of a large supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga has collapsed, at least six people are confirmed dead.

at least 至少
例句：Read at least 30 books.
至少读30本书。

3. Emergency teams are looking for dozens more people who are thought to still be buried under the rubble.

look for 寻找（某人或某物）
例句：Always look for ways to improve.
总是寻找不同的方法改进。

4. So far, Latvian authorities are not confirmed to a cause of the collapse.

so far 到目前为止
例句：Mr obama has not flinched so far.
奥巴马到目前为止都没有退缩。

5. Several thousand off-duty Portuguese police officers protesting against public sector cuts have broken through a line of riot police protecting the country's parliament.

break through 突围，突破
例句：The renminbi is about to break through the rmb 7.80 level.
人民币汇率即将突破1美元兑7.80元人民币的水平。

6. Three black teenagers, wrongly accused of raping two white women in America's deep south more than 80 years ago, have been given posthumous pardons.

accuse of 指责，控告
例句：He denied all accuse of him.
他否认了所有对他的指控。

7. Scientists, analyzing a cosmic explosion that lit up the entire universe, say that it was the brightest burst of radiation ever recorded.

light up 照亮；点烟
例句：A smile can light up a single heart, or a whole room.
微笑可以照亮一颗孤独的心，或是一整个房间。