behind the curve落后于时代或潮流
4.The Bank’s food price index has shot up by 15% in the last four months alone.
shoot up迅速成长
例句:That boy has shot up since we last saw him.
自上次见面后, 那男孩长得很快。
The plants are just shooting up.
作物迅速生长。
5.The second is that he used the power of his office to get her release from police custody after she was picked up on an unrelated theft charge.
pick up捉住, 逮住
例句:He was implicated in a murder, and sooner or later they would pick him up.
他和一宗凶杀案有牵连, 迟早他们会逮捕他的。
He is picked up on a charge of killing a man.
他因犯有杀人罪而被逮捕。
6.The Spanish Cycling Federation has cleared the reigning Tour de France champion, Alberto Contador, of using performance-enhancing drugs and reversed its one-year ban.
clear of无辜的
例句:You are now clear of all suspicions.
你现在已经没有嫌疑了。