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be seized of 审议，受理，处理
  1. The body is only seized of matters when someone complains.
lodge a complaint 对…提出控告
  1. lodge a complaint against sb. with the authorities concerned
向有关当局对某人提出控诉
  1. He dispatched his secretary to lodge a complaint against the local authorities.
  2. 类似用法有：
  3. lodge a claim against …向…提出索赔
  4. It is advisable for them to lodge a claim against the shipping company.
  5. lodge a protest against …向…某人提出抗议
accrue to sth./sb. 使…不断增加，产生
  1. No benefit will accrue to us from the program.
  2. Wealth accrues to China as a result of its economic reform program.
on the behest of 应…的要求/委托
  1. At the behest of American regulators, knives have been banned on flights to and from the U.S.
draw in 使加入
  1. He found himself being drawn in the argument.
  2. They had to draw in more experts so as to successfully complete the project.
in good faith 真实地，老实地，诚恳地
  1. The problem lies in the fact that they are not acting in good faith.
recourse to sth. 对…的追索权
  1. The dispute has been settled without recourse to litigation.
  2. China now has recourse to a multilateral forum for discussing trade problems with its WTO partners.
slip into 陷入
  1. That is exactly the reason why the organization slips into chaos.
take account of 考虑
  1. The tax system takes no account of the poor.
  2. These figures do not take account of changes in the rate of inflation.
predicate on 以…为基础，把…放在…基础之上
  1. Nobody can deny that his argument is predicated on the facts.
  2. Our optimism is predicated on the fact that we are quite knowledgable about the subject.
rule out 排出
  1. They can’t rule out the possibility of being subpoenaed.
take cognizance of to understand something and consider it when you take action or make a decision 注意到
  1. The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.律师请陪审团注意被告对慈善事业的慷慨捐赠。
  2. Little cognizance was taken of those events.那些事没有引起多少注意。
with the exception of not including除...以外
  1. I know all the people in the classroom with the exception of the girl with a pigtail.这个教室里的人，除了那个扎马尾巴辫的女孩，我都认识。
  2. like all kinds of films with the exception of horror films.除了恐怖片之外，我喜欢其它各种电影。
call … into question to make people uncertain about whether something is right, good, or true 对… 表示怀疑；对…有异议
  1. His honesty was called into question.对于他是否诚实人们表示了怀疑。
  2. Nothing that has happened since has called that judgment into question.在那之后发生的事情也没有使人们对那个判断表示怀疑。
as opposed to used to compare two things and show that they are different from each other 而不是
  1. The juvenile offender's misbehavior should be well treated, as opposed to punished.对少年犯的不轨行为应该妥善处理，而不是进行惩处。
  2. Students discuss ideas, as opposed to just copying from books.学生们讨论观点，而不只是把它们从书上抄下来。
bear watching bear （+ noun or v-ing）： （后接名词或动名词） to call for as suitable or essential 需要，值得
  1. I don't know if the story is good enough to bear completing.我不知道这个短篇是否写得还可以，值得写完它。
  2. This case bears investigation.这件案子需要调查。
for that matter used to say that what you are saying about one thing is also true about something else 而且
  1. She had a good many goddaughters and godsons, for that matter.她有很多教女，除此之外，还有许多教子。
  2. Smith's never been to Spain, or to any European country for that matter.史密斯从未去过西班牙，或者说没有去过任何欧洲国家。