重点讲解:
1. add to
添加;增加;掺加;
eg. A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的气氛。
eg. Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.
她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
2. be confined to
受限制的;被限定;
eg. The problem is not confined to Germany.
问题不仅限于德国。
eg. These dangers are not confined to smokers.
这些危险不只是困扰吸烟者。
3. threnten to do sth.
(坏事)可能发生,将要发生;
eg. Such measures threaten to provoke escalating retaliation and a full-blown trade war.
这些措施将招致更大规模的贸易报复措施,甚至全面的贸易战。
eg. He can even threaten to call the deal off.
他甚至还可以威胁要取消这笔交易。
adj. 偏僻的,遥远的,远程的,(感情等)距离很大