VOA常速英语:Arab World Faces Serious Poverty, Food Security Challenges

blame on把责任推给…
例句：They blamed the failure on John.
他们把失败的责任推给约翰。

2. And the kind of policy implication out of this is [that] in the wake of the Arab awakening and the whole drive for more transparency, a major issue to tackle is also data availability and access in order to improve decision making and information of the people

in the wake of尾随,紧跟,仿效
例句：Plague came in the wake of earthquake.
地震之后紧跟着就是瘟疫。
in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

3. So consumer demand puts a strain on food supplies.

put on增加; 强使承担
例句：The additional work put a great strain on him.
额外的工作使他负担极大。

4. So the food gap will increase, which obviously increases the vulnerability of that region to global food price shocks – the ones that we saw in 2008 and to some extent in 2010

to some extent某种程度上,(多少)有一点
例句：Women have changed history to some extent.
从某种程度上讲，女人改变了历史。

5. The IFPRI report also raised concerns about high child “under nutrition” rates.

concern about使(自己)关心…
例句：There is no need for you to concern yourself about where I was last night.
你没必要关心我昨晚在哪儿。

6. Breisinger described children as the most vulnerable segment in society, while at the same time being society’s greatest asset.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

7. It says, often, not enough of the household income is spent on food, saying in Yemen, for example, 25 percent is spent on Khat.

spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。

8. It also says greater emphasis should be placed on creating jobs by increasing exports other than oil.

place on把…放在…上; 把…强加于…; 重视; 着眼于
例句：In recent years our country has placed great importance on economic construction.
近几年来我们国家非常重视经济建设。