重点讲解:
1. at risk of 处境危险;有风险的;在危险中;
Everybody who goes into this region, whoever they are, is at risk of being taken hostage.
进入这个地区的人,不管是谁,都有被劫为人质的危险 。
2. gain the upper hand 上风;优势;有利地位;
The two sides were so well-matched that neither could ga in the upper hand.
旗鼓相当,胜负难分 。
3. return to 重新开始,继续(某项活动);
At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so.
那时他将会是52岁,还很年轻,如果他希望的话,仍可重返政坛 。
4. due to 由于;因为;
Mistakes due to carelessness may have serious consequences.
由粗心大意造成的错误有可能带来严重的后果 。
n. 条约,协定