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短语讲解:
1. President Obama has nominated a moderate judge Merrick Garland to the vacancy to the US Supreme Court, setting up a showdown with Republicans.
set up 建立; 准备; 安排
例句:They set up many branches throughout the country.
他们在全国建立好多分公司。
2. After Pyongyang sentenced the US student Otto Warmbier to 15 years of hard labour for crimes against the state, the White House spokesman Josh Earnest called for the student's immediate release.
call for 需要
例句:Different circumstances call for different tactics.
不同的情势需要不同的策略。
3. Now despite official claims that US citizens arrested in North Korea are not used for political purposes, it is increasingly clear that the North Korean government seeks to use these US citizens as pawns to pursue a political agenda.
be used for 用来做…
例句:Either direct or alternating current may be used for driving electric trains.
直流电和交流电都可用来驱动电气火车。
4. The US central bank, the Federal Reserve has kept its interest rate unchanged because of fears for the health of global economy.
because of 因为,由于
例句:He is feeling wretched today because of the rain.
因为下雨,他今天情绪很不好。