经济学人下载:美国中期选举 沉寂的中间地带

1.political campaign 竞选；政治运动

She used to be an image consultant political campaign writer and attorney.
她曾经是一个形象顾问、政治运动作家和律师。

From the standpoint of politics for instance, if you want loyal people in a political campaign, do not pay them.
比如，从政治学的观点来看，如果你想在竞选中让手下对自己忠心，那就别给他们报酬。

2.prepare to 准备

You need to prepare to have these once you apply for one.
一旦你申请贷款，这些都是需要准备的东西。

Prepare to capture the information about the running SQL using one of the three procedure mentioned above.
准备使用上面提到的三种过程之一来获取关于正在运行的 SQL 的信息。

3.likely to 可能

Noticing that there was likely to be trouble, the coward sneaked away.
那个胆小鬼看到有可能发生骚乱时就溜开了。

If you gallop through your work, you are more likely to make mistakes.
如果你匆匆完成你的工作，你就更可能出错了。
4.fire up 生火；煽动

I banked the fire up last night so that it is still burning this morning.
昨晚我把炉火封了，所以今早火还是燃着的。

We can fire up the application again and the table will be there.
我们可以再次启动应用程序并且该表将在其中。