1.fail to 未能;没有
Many doctors fail to report cases, even though food poisoning is a notifiable disease.
很多医生没有报告病例,尽管食物中毒是应该通报的
2.a number of 一些;很多
The research begs a number of questions.
研究绕过了一些问题 。
3.call for 呼吁;主张
They angrily called for Robinson's resignation.
他们愤怒地要求鲁宾逊辞职
。4.be different from 和......不同;不同于
This will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
这将与伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争不同
。