draw down减少
例句:They seem to draw down ridicule on us.
他们似乎要使我们受到嘲笑。
Draw down the window coverings, the sunlight is too bright.
把窗帘拉下来,太阳光太强了。
4.But the biggest problem has been ensuring that the governance and all the development side can keep up within a time frame, and these things take generations sometimes within a time frame that is acceptable to domestic, public and political opinion.
keep up跟上, 赶上
例句:If you cannot keep up, I can walk more slowly.
要是你跟不上, 我可以走得慢一点儿。
保持在高水准上
例句:In spite of the unfavorable weather, the grain output of the farm kept up and even increased a little than last year.
尽管天气不好, 但粮食产量并未下降, 甚至比去年还略有增加。
Mr Fillon is a calm and steadying figure, whose popularity ratings regularly exceed those of the president, and Mr Sarkozy has clearly decided that he needs his reassuring presence at the helm.
whose定语从句
定语从句(Attributive Clauses)在句中做定语,修饰一个名词或代词,被修饰的名词,词组或代词即先行词。定语从句通常出现在先行词之后,由关系词(关系代词或关系副词)引出。
关系代词有:who, whom, whose, that, which等。