4.his prize is for all the democratic men and women all over the world who with their denunciations and solidarity have forced the Cuban government to ease off and take our brothers out of prisons.

ease off〈非正〉减轻; 缓和

例句：The border agreement was signed, the tension between the two countries began to ease off.

边境协定签订以后, 两国间的紧张关系开始缓和下来。

挪开

例句：The child asked his papa to help him ease off his belt a bit.

那孩子叫他爸爸帮他把腰带松开些。

1.Peace activists in Israel say Jewish settlers are building new homes in the occupied West Bank at four times the rate they were before the government began its partial freeze at the end of last year.

倍数的表示

用英语表达"A 是 B 的 N 倍长（宽，高，大，重等）"，"A 比 B 长（宽，高，大，重等）N 倍" 或"A 的长度（宽度，高度，大

小，重量等）是 B 的 N 倍"，可用下列几种句型。

"A be 倍数 as 计量形容词原级 as B".

This tree is three times as tall as that one. 这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。

His father is twice as old as he. 他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。

"A be 倍数 计量形容词比较级 than B "

The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.

长江差不多比珠江长两倍。