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短语讲解：

1. We've decided to cut off all diplomaticrelations with Iran.

cut off 切除; 切[隔]断
例句：Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity.
你（如果）不付款，他们就要断电。

2. A senior member of the banned Islamistextremist group Almhar Jirun has told the BBC he has no doubt that the voice isthat of Mr. Dhar.”

no doubt 固然; 无疑地; 很可能
例句：I have no doubt of their being happy together.
我不怀疑他们在一起的快乐。

3. TheEnvironmental Protection Agency says thousands of tons of excess nitrogen oxidewere emitted from Volkswagen diesel cars as a result of software that activatedpollution controls only when the vehicles were being tested.

as a result of 因; 由于…的结果; 起因
例句：A nation can become wiser and stronger as a result of change.
一个民族可能因变革而到更精明更强大。

4. Germany says passport free travel in Europe is at risk.

at risk 有危险
例句：Were those patients now at risk?
那些病人现在是否处于危险之中呢？