1、step up
增加(数量等);提高(速度、强度等)
He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia.
他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里 。
Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence.
正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动 。
2、bring down
使(政府或当权者)垮台
They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.
他们威胁要退出执政联盟,让政府垮台 。
His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.
他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台 。
射落;击落;击倒
Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
军事史学家们可能永远也不会知道是什么击落了这架喷气式飞机 。
3、hunt down
追捕到,穷追直至找到(罪犯、敌人等)
Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.
去年12月他们追捕到其中一名匪徒并将其击毙 。
Those who do not come forward should be hunted down.
对于那些不肯自首的罪犯应予缉拿归案 。
4、establish
建立;创立;设立;制定
The UN has established detailed criteria for who should be allowed to vote.
联合国已经制定了有关投票资格的标准细则 。
The School was established in 1989 by an Italian professor.
这所学院由一名意大利教授于1989年创建 。
建立,开始(联系)
We had already established contact with the museum.
我们已经和那家博物馆建立了联系 。
Singapore and South Africa have established diplomatic relations.
新加坡和南非已经建立了外交关系 。
确定;查实;证实
Medical tests established that she was not their own child.
医学化验证实她不是他们的亲骨肉 。
It will be essential to establish how the money is being spent.
查清楚这笔钱将作何用途至关重要 。