1. in the midst of

在…之中

eg. But there stood one in the midst of you, at whose brand of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered!

但是就在你们中间，却站着一个人，他的罪孽和耻辱并不为你们所回避！

eg. And then we use that to compare what happens when they might be in the midst of a stressful financial decision.

然后我们用它来比较时会发生什么，他们可能是在一个紧张的财务决策之中。

2. wave away

挥手示意……离开

eg. Therefore, what you cannot wave away is those expectations, secrets, longings, joys and sorrows, as well as ups and downs.

所以，你挥之不去，那时的期盼，秘密，憧憬，悲与喜，真真切切的起落。

eg. If we could wave away political reality, I’d let all the Bush tax cuts expire, and use the improvement in the budget outlook to justify a large, temporary increase in public spending.

如果能摆脱政治现实，我要让所有布什的减税政策终止；并借着这种预算前景的改善促成公共支出方面来一次大的，暂时性的增加。

3. glance at

看一下，浏览；提到，影射

eg. The young man then casts a covetous glance at the girl, kisses her and she turns into a bottle of beer.

这个年轻人接着向女孩投去了贪婪的一瞥，也亲吻了她，而她就变成了一瓶啤酒。

eg. A glance at the income distribution in the US shows how pointed is the income pyramid, how broad its base.

观察美国的收入分配，可以看出其“金字塔”形的收入结构，顶部有多尖，底部有多宽。