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短语讲解：

1. It does seem to be much more calmer compared to how it was before the ceasefire came into effect.

compare to 把…比作， 喻为; 与…相比
例句：Cultural life in the country cannot compare to that of a large city. 
农村的文化生活不能与大城市的相比拟。 

2. But I think that was the exception rather than the rule, and certainly local people were saying to us that basically had been quiet there as well.

rather than （要）…而不…，与其…倒不如…
例句：I mean 50 rather than 10.
我说的是50，而不是10。

3. So overall certainly in Donetsk city it seems much much better as a result of the ceasefire.

as a result of 由于…的结果; 起因
例句：As a result of the write-downs, regulators have achieved one objective.
由于资产减记，调控者已经达到一个目标。

4. Mehdi Nemmouche was some kind of an egoistic person. He did beat me a number of times.

a number of 许多的; 一些
例句：A number of drawbacks come to mind.
下面就是一些不好的方面。

5. On the windy height of the Mount Zartak, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were picking out the villages lying on the hazy, gusty plain hundreds of feet below.

pick out 挑选; 取出
例句：Can you pick out the right one? 
你能找出正确的那一个吗？ 

6. MSF said that in its experience lockdowns did not help control Ebola as they ended up driving people under ground. Umaru Fofanah is in Freetown.

end up <非正>（以…）结束; 最终成为[变得]; 最后处于
例句：I don't know how this will end up.
我不知道这件事将以何种方式结束。