01.

自由

latitude

• Courts can show a considerable degree of latitude when it comes to applying the law.
  

  在适用法律方面，法院可以表现出相当大的自由。

  
  
• I’m giving you the latitude to come home whenever you want. Don’t try and take advantage of that.我给了你随时回家的自由。不要试图利用这一点。
  

02.

赶上

Catch up

• Will the Western industry ever catch up with Japanese innovations?

  西方工业会赶上日本的创新吗？

  
  

• He was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up.

  他离开学校有一段时间了，他发现很难赶上大家的进度。

  
  

03.
就...而言

As far as sb is concerned

• As far as I’m concerned, feng shui doesn’t work.

  在我看来，风水是没用的。

  
  

04.游说

lobby

• Local residents lobbied to have the factory shut down.

  当地居民游说要求关闭工厂。

  
  

• They have been lobbying Congress to change the legislation concerning guns.

  他们一直在游说国会修改有关枪支的立法。