1.sexual orientation 性取向
If so, this would add to a growing list of physiological and biological markers of sexual orientation.
如果是这样,这可能会给生理和生物学上的性取向标记增加一长串名单 。
2.as a result of 因为
Workers approaching retirement should be saving more, not less, as a result of low rates.
由于低利率,临近退休的工作者应该更多的储蓄,而不是少储蓄
。3.Secretary of State 国务卿
Being Secretary of State was the best job in the world. But you know from the minute you start that you have to leave it.
在这个世界上当国务卿是最好的工作,但是从开始的那一分钟起,你就知道有朝一日会离开这个岗位的
。4.personal indiscretions 过分举动
In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U. S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
1998年,因为他和白宫一个年轻的实习生的轻浮的个人事件,克林顿成为美国历史上第二位总统被众议院弹劾
。5.North American Free Trade Agreement 北美自由贸易协议
The agreement is the largest such pact for the United States since the North American Free Trade Agreementof 1994.
这是美国自从1994年批准北美自由贸易协议以来和其它国家签署的最大的一项协议 。