8.notify vt.通知, 告知, 报告
例句:When my guest arrives, please notify me.
我的客人到的时候, 请通知我。
9.detect vt.发现; 发觉, 查明, 侦察出
10.secure v.(使)获得; 把…弄到手
例句:We have secured a first-class cook.
我们已经请到了一位第一流的厨师。
1.President Obama has said he does not rule out supplying American weapons to opposition figures in Libya.
rule out宣布…不可能; 排除…的可能性
例句:The regulations rule out anyone under the age of eighteen.
按规定, 18岁以下的人都不能参加。
2.He said coalition military action had left Colonel Gaddafi on his heels and greatly weakened and added that it was his expectation that the Libyan leader would ultimately step down.
on his heels紧随其后
例句:The police are hard on his heels.
警察在严密跟捬他。
3.While as the talks took place in London, forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi launched a new offensive in eastern Libya, driving out rebels from towns they had recently captured.
drive out驱逐, 驱散
例句:Let's drive out the enemy!
咱们把敌人赶出去!
I watched him drive the cattle out.
我看着他把牛赶出去。
4.Other news now. And Laurent Gbago, the leader of Ivory Coast who refused to step down following elections last year, has appealed for an immediate ceasefire in the face of advances by opposition forces.