drive up使…上升
例句:The shortage of bread will probably drive prices up.
面包短缺很有可能迫使价格上涨。
5.The Congolese and Kenyan presidents have now agreed to form a joint team to crack down on illegal gold smuggling, but past form shows that it's extremely hard to clean up the Congolese mineral trade.
crack down采取严厉措施, 制裁
例句:The police are really beginning to crack down on drivers who park their cars just where they like.
警察真要对那些随便停放汽车的司机采取严厉措施了。
clean up整顿; 实行改革
例句:The new mayor said he would clean the city up.
新市长说, 他要整顿本市。
1.It urged UN peacekeepers to use all necessary means to protect civilians, alarmed in particular by news that troops loyal to Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire with heavy machine guns on women protesters supporting his rival, the recognised winner of recent presidential elections Alassane Ouattara.
that troops loyal to是同位语从句,指代的是news。the recognised winner是his rival的同位语。in particular特别,尤其。
2.It's not the first time that Barack Obama has called on the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to leave office.
It's not the first time that.........并不是第一次发生某事。