Human genome research is casting new light on Alzheimer's disease. 人类基因组的研究使人们对阿尔茨海默病有了新的认识。

I refuse to expand any further on my earlier statement. 对于之前的声明我拒绝再作任何补充。

It will be an opportunity to expound the ideas he has been developing. 这将是一次机会，让他可以详细解释自己正逐步形成的那些想法。

I feel I'm not getting through to some of the kids in my class. 我感觉班上有的学生没有听懂。

That's a good question, but I don't want to go into it now. 这个问题提得很好，但我现在不想深入展开。

He went into a long rant about the high price of petrol. 他开始了关于油价过高的冗长的解释。

You can't idiot-proof everything because idiots are so damn ingenious.

His comments can illuminate aspects of a writer's work unforgettably. 他的评述能阐明作者作品的各个方面，令人难忘。

They impressed on us the need to keep the project completely secret. 他们向我们强调了对该计划绝对保密的必要性。

Thomas made plain his concerns about the changes introduced at work. 托马斯说明了他对工作中引入的变革的关注。

It was this incident that opened my eyes to her true character. 正是这件事让我看清了她的真实性格。

Your assessment grossly oversimplifies the problem. 你的估计把问题太过于简单化了。

We've been unable to pinpoint the source of the problem. 我们终究还是没有办法准确地找出问题的根源。

The mayor's office is expected to press home its opposition to the budget proposals. 人们希望市长办公室能就其反对预算提案这件事给出清楚的解释。

You will get plenty of opportunity to put your point of view. 你将有足够的机会来阐述你的观点。

We really do have to put a human face onto these figures and these financial arguments.

We need you to put some flesh on the bones of these proposals. 我们需要你给这些建议补充一些细节。

She thought you could buy tickets at the door, but we soon put her right. 她认为你在门口就能买到票，但我们很快便纠正了她的想法。

I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. 我想我必须让你明白，约翰仅仅是我生意上的伙伴。

It's difficult to put into words how I feel about what happened. 很难用语言来表达我对所发生的一切的感觉。

Would you run over the sequence of events again? 你能重新讲一遍事情的顺序吗？

This memorandum sets forth basic departmental policies. 这份备忘录阐明了部门的基本政策。

Thanks for setting me straight. 谢谢你帮我搞清楚事实。

Can any one shine some light on my question?

A young girl showed me how to operate the machine. 一个小女孩向我示范如何操作机器。

The technology has been simplified so that anyone can use it. 这项技术已经得到简化，任何人都能使用。

To make a claim, you must specify the date when the article was lost. 要提出索赔要求，你必须确切说出物品丢失的日期。

It's frustrating when you have to spell everything out for them. 你不得不给他们讲清所有的事情，这是很讨厌的。

Political leaders are busy staking out their positions on this issue. 政治领导人们纷纷忙于表明自己在这个问题上的立场。

You could take the argument further and say that smoking should be made illegal. 你可以进一步发展这个论点，提出应该使吸烟非法化的主张。

Here's my report. I'll take you through it if you like. 这是我的报告。如果你想听的话，我会详细向你解释。

He talked me through the whole process. 他向我详细解释了整个过程。

I had hoped that he would be able to shed some light on the problem. 我希望他能够帮助我理解这个问题。