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1.write to 给某人写信

As a child barber would write to football clubs and eagerly await their replies.
童年时，巴伯会写信给足球俱乐部，然后焦急地等待他们的回信。

Random people sometimes write to him to ask for help in making certain chemicals, he says.
他说，有时会有来历不明的人写信给他，要求他协助制造某些化学品。

2.call for 去接；去取

Chinese companies call for fairer treatment from foreigners.
中国公司要求更公平的对待外国人。

A few relatively infrequent situations also call for a semicolon.
有几个比较少见的的情况也要求使用分号。

3.fend off 挡开

The theory presumably is that a few carefully targeted barriers will fend off more acute protectionist pressure from congress and shore up political support for free-trade deals.
理论上估计小心谨慎有针对性的障碍会避开国会猛烈的贸易保护主义压力，同时会得到赞同自由贸易政治力量的支持。

Mr saleh needs new ones quickly if he is to fend off the rising tide of opposition at home.
如果萨雷先生想挡开国内风生水起的反对大潮，他迫切需新的招数。

4.poach for 偷猎

Unfortunately, my boss's boss is now trying to poach him and has asked me for a reference.
不幸的是，我上司的上司现在想挖走他，并来征求我的意见。

Companies expanding in china often poach employees from other businesses, which has been a problem for closely held ermenegildo zegna holditalia spa.
在中国扩大业务的公司常常从其他公司挖角，这对私有公司杰尼亚公司（ermenegildo zegna holditalia spa）来说一直是个问题。