Ninety-nine people out of a hundred,if they were asked who first found America, would answer Clumbus.如果要问是谁首先发现美洲,一百个人中有九十九个(百分之九十九)将回答是哥伦布。
这种结构中的介词主要有in,out of,of以及to
3.It follows a call from the internationally recognised President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, for a month-long ban on cocoa exports, which provide the main source of revenue for his rival Laurent Gbagbo, who's refusing to give up the presidency.
give up放弃;投降, 认输; 猜不出
例句:I can't answer that puzzle; I give up.
我猜不出这个谜语, 我认输了。
She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。
4.Cardinal Bagnasco said the young were being sold the idea that success came through moral compromise and selling yourself rather than hard work.
rather than而不是
例句:They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。
1.The last government was brought to breaking point by the looming certainty that senior Hezbollah figures would be held responsible by UN investigators for the assassination of Mr Hariri's father in 2005.
参考翻译:
由于黎巴嫩真主党高级人物隐约地被联合国调查人员认为应为2005年前总理的暗杀事件负责,上届政府到达崩溃的边缘。