dread可与fear换用,着重害怕的心理,但dread常指胆怯和丧失勇气。
10.blockade n.封锁
例句:a blockade around the city
围绕这个城市的封锁
1.President Obama has again demanded that the embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi step down.
step down退休, 辞职
例句:The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。
step up走上
例句:The chairman stepped up and declared the meeting open.
主席登上讲台, 宣布开会。
(使)增加, (使)加快速度
例句:The girl stepped up to school.
女孩子加快步伐去上学。
2.It's part of the slow but steady ramping up of the pressure on Mr Gaddafi.
ramp up提速
例句:The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.
这家工厂没有能力加速生产。
3.A ship loaded with flour was sent to the city of Benghazi by the World Food Programme but had to turn back after reports of explosions.
turn back(使)往回走
例句:We'd better turn back; it's getting dark.
我们最好还是往回走吧, 天快黑了。
4.The Food and Agriculture Organisation is warning that costs could spiral even further if unrest in Libya and the Middle East keeps driving up the price of oil.