重点讲解:
1. take stock of 作出整体估量;全面分析;
It was time to take stock of the situation.
是时候统观一下形势了 。
2. account for (数量或比例上)占;
The brain ac counts for merely three per cent of body weight.
大脑仅占体重的3% 。
3. be comparable to 类似的;同类的;
These companies now stand on ratings that are comparable to 1976 and 1981.
这些企业现在所处的评级与1976年和1981年相当 。
4. make up 组成;构成;
Women now make up a quarter of a force that has lost much of its former laddish complexion.
警察队伍先前清一色是男性的状况也大为改观,女警官现已占警察总数的四分之一 。
adv. 仅仅,只不过