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短语讲解:
1. More than 300 people are thought to have been killed, about half of them foreign tourists.
more than 不只是;很;超过;在…次以上
例句:Women were affected more than men.
女性比男性更受影响。
2. We've got our suspects, we continue to monitor social media and gather other detail to make sure they were not getting any threats.
make sure 把事情弄清楚,核实或查明某事物
例句:I'll have to make sure I'm not chased.
我一定想办法不叫他们发现。
3. The aim of the congress will be to rewrite the party's statue and thereby declare Jean-Marie Le Pen no longer honorary president.
no longer 不再
例句:It must know how to go away when its services are no longer required.
当不再需要这种服务时,这种帮助应该消失。
4. At least 3 people have been killed during clashes between the police and protesters in the Burundian capital Bujumbura.
at least 至少
例句:For that day at least he lost heart.
至少这一天他是垂头丧气的。
5. The fare this year is dedicated to the work of Garcia Marcus who died last year at the age of 87.
at the age of 在...岁时
例句:Children enter primary school at the age of 7.
孩子们7岁进小学。
6. A report by the campaign group Save The Children has highlighted the high maternal death rate in the United States compared to other developed countries.
compare to 把…比作, 喻为;与…相比
例句:Your necklace is surely not to be compare to hers in value .
论价值,你的项链当然比不上她的。