1.be about to 将要，正打算；临到

Now he may be about to get a second chance.
而今，他可能将要获得第二个机会了。

Beijing may be about to face its own credit mobilier scandal.
中国政府也许即将面临它自己的credit mobilier丑闻。

2.resistant to 有抵抗力的，耐药的

Britons are naturally resistant to radical ideas.
英国人天生是抵抗激进思想的。

Dr. mishori says some people mistakenly believe they can become resistant to colds.
米歇里博士说，一些人错误地认为他们可以抵抗感冒。

3.account for 导致，引起

Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.
计算机占去该国商业用电的5%。

Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.
不过，他们现在发现的基因无法解释所有的病例。

4.associate with 与…交往， 联系；交接

Create a container control designer class to associate with the custom control.
创建容器控件设计器类，并将其与自定义控件关联。

Choosing to change career in your 50s is strictly for the rich or the bold, neither characteristics I immediately associate with a university academic.
只有富人或无畏的人才会选择在50多岁改变职业，这两者的特征我都不能立即与一位大学老师联系起来。