CNN news 2012-01-12 加文本

let up放松; 减少〔弱〕
例句：We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month.
我们已经超支了, 下个月一定得节约开支。

2. Jobs numbers give plenty of room for political interpretation.

plenty of很多, 大量的
例句：She had plenty of imagination.
她有丰富的想象力。

3. He failed to put American back to work.

put back放回原处
例句：The boy put the ink bottle back where it came from.
那男孩把墨水瓶放回原处。

4. Vigils and memorials, like this one from last year, took place around Tucson yesterday to mark the one-year anniversary of the attack.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

5. Is this legit? The Latin root word, mare, refers to horses.

refer to暗指
例句：Does your remark refer to all of us?
你的评论是针对我们所有的人的吗?

6. Well, next up, we`re heading to the coast of New Zealand, where a cargo ship ran aground when it hit a reef back in October.

run aground (船)搁浅
例句：Our ship ran aground in the fog.
我们的船在雾中搁浅了。

7. Hundreds of tons of oil have leaked out.

leak out漏出, 渗出; 泄露
例句：Nobody knew how the secret had leaked out.
没有人知道秘密是怎样泄露出去的。

8. They were getting teams ready to respond in case anything started to wash up on shore.

wash up将…冲上岸
例句：A lot of rubbish was washed up by the high tide.
涨潮把许多垃圾冲上了岸。