妙语佳句:

the mineral wealth has given rise to large cities.丰富的矿物质推动了大城市的发展。

give rise to:使发生；导致

Many of these obligations can give rise to problems and complications.

许多这样的义务会引起各种问题和纠纷。

Such conduct might give rise to misunderstandings.

这种做法很可能引起误会。

The ice must be cut away from their hulls船身上的冰层必须被切掉。

cut away:切掉, 切除 (1.move quickly to another scene or focus when filming 2.remove by cutting off or away)

We must cut away the diseased branches from the trees.

我们得把有病害的树枝剪除。

They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.

他们把树上的枯枝通通砍掉了。

Fuel freezes in the tanks of the trucks,and has to be melted in a rather alarming way.卡车油箱里的燃料结了冰只能用一种令人胆寒的方式解冻。

rather:相当, 有点儿

1.rather than和more...than的比较：前者表示“与其……倒不如……”，后者表示“更……比起……”，注意词组more...than中的than前面不可以加上rather。

He depends on you rather than on me.

He depends more on you than on me.

他依赖你胜过依赖我。

2.在rather加形容词再加名词的结构中，冠词a置于rather前后都可以，如a rather big dog和rather a big dog（一只相当大的狗）两种表达都可以；