1.knock over: 打翻
Higher interest rates will knock over all of the other dominoes in China's economy.
提高利率将引起中国经济的“多米诺骨牌”效应。
2.leave alone: 不管(不理,不干涉,让单独呆着)
Leave alone the footnotes.
别去管那些脚注。
He hasn't enough money for food, leave alone amusements.
他连伙食钱都不够,更不必说娱乐了。
3.look in on: 照看
The next time you visit Italy, please look in on me.
下次你来意大利时来找我吧。
The mayor also called on ordinary New Yorkers to look in on their fairest neighbors.
市长还号召纽约市民一起关心他们身体不好的邻居。
4.with the aid of: 借助于,通过……的帮助
We read these messages and print them with the aid of small computers.
我们阅读这些信息,然后用微型电脑打印出来。
5.nowhere near: 远不及(谈不上)
Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires focused attention, but it is nowhere near as cognitively demanding as a sleepover with 14-year-old girls.
4个小时练习一段音乐需要集中注意力,但它远不及一个14岁女孩在外过夜对认识能力的要求更高。
6.throw down: 扔下来,推翻
Throw down you weapons and come out! The building is surrounded, so you might as well give up now.
扔掉武器出来! 这幢房子被包围了,你们马上投降。