VOA慢速英语:Drones: Not Just For the Military Anymore

in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句：He referred to your work in terms of high praise.
他对你的工作大加赞扬。

2. Drones are technically known as unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.

be known as被认为是
例句：Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

3. The first instance I saw was a labor protest in Poland where a man had a remote-controlled helicopter and he put a camera on it and he flew it up and got just a view of the protests from the air.

put on穿上, 戴上; 把…放在…上
例句：Put the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
把碟子轻轻放在桌上, 这些碟子非常易碎。

4. He spotted a meat packing plant that was polluting a nearby creek that ran into a nearby river.

run into (使)碰撞
例句：She was so sleepy that she ran into a lamppost.
她如此困倦, 以致撞到路灯杆上。

5. He wrote recently in the New York Times that drones could be used to collect important information in conflict areas, like Syria.

be used to do被用来做某事
例句：Zip codes are used to facilitate mail service. 
邮政编码方便了邮递服务。