VOA慢速英语:Obama Calls for Economy Where 'Everyone Does Their Fair Share'

lay out设计
例句：Our plan must be well laid out before we begin to work.
我们在开始工作之前, 必须制定好计划。
build on以…为基础
例句：The insurance business is built on trust.
保险业建立在信任的基础上。

2. And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed, and that human dignity cannot be denied.

no doubt无疑地;确信
例句：No doubt I will succeed in the end.
我确信我最终会成功。

3. He said he "will take no options off the table" to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

take off拿走, 取下; 去掉
例句：Last night's strong wind nearly took the roof off!
昨夜的大风差一点把屋顶刮掉了。
prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。

4. It seems to me very significant that a lot was left out and that the president is trying to refocus away from broad international commitments and toward some very specific, mostly domestic commitments.

leave out遗漏, 省略, 删去; 未顾及, 忽略
例句：She left out an important item in her account.
她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。

5. No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others

curry favor with讨好； 奉承； 拍某人的马屁
例句：He brought her some flowers, hoping to curry favor with her.
他给她带来了一些花,想讨好她。

6. As in previous moments of national danger, we Americans are all in the same boat.

in the same boat处境相同
例句：She and I are in the same boat: we both failed the exam
我和她一样, 考试都没及格.