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