1.Nearly 600 international restaurant owners, chefs and journalists participated in the poll to rank the best restaurants worldwide.
participate in分担,参加
Many more firms are participating in the growth of demand on the world markets.
更多的公司分担了世界市场需求的增长
。2.Britain is infamous for its bland and uninspiring food, which is scoffed at by the more sophisticated palates of its French neighbours.
scoff at嘲笑,藐视
You are not supposed to scoff at religion .
你不该嘲弄宗教
。