1.fuel for one's fire 火上浇油
Don't try and apologise yet! You'll only befuel to her fire if you go round there while she's still angry.
你先别道歉!你在她气头上去找她,只能是火上浇油。
2.the playing of favorites 厚此薄彼;偏爱;偏心
The playing of favorites with children is wrong. They should be treated equally.
偏爱个别孩子是不对的。对孩子应该一视同仁。
3.set aside 搁置
But amid the tension, there was an inkling Tuesday that differences could be set aside, if only for a moment.
尽管局势紧张,周二有迹象显示,分歧可能会被搁置一旁,哪怕只是短暂地搁置。
4.turn away 拒绝
The proposal is most likely to be taken up by highly selective institutions, which turn away thousands of qualified candidates a year.
名校很可能会采纳这一提议。在此之前,每年都有数千名具备资格的考生被这些院校拒之门外。
adj. 有资格的,有限制的











