英语访谈节目:奥运会史上又一非常时刻

1.ivory tower 象牙塔

They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.
他们身处象牙塔中,并不真正了解毒品犯罪的危害有多大。

2.knock out 淘汰

The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships.
爱尔兰队险些将英格兰队从欧锦赛中淘汰出局。

3.hang around 闲逛

If you hang around with colleagues all the time you just end up talking shop.
如果整天和同事泡在一起的话，你最终就会变得开口闭口都是工作。

4.at the peak of 高峰

The bomb went off in a concrete dustbin at the peak of the morning rush hour.
在最繁忙的交通早高峰期，那枚炸弹在一个混凝土垃圾箱里爆炸了。

5.in nature 实际上

The rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature.
一个大国的崛起究其实质包括经济和军事两个方面。