owing to
Monarchs are kept as heads of state in Europe mostly owing to their undoubted and respectable status.
在欧洲，君主之所以被保留为国家元首，主要是因为他们的地位不容置疑且令人尊敬。
be meant to
This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have in completing their homework.
这项规定旨在解决来自贫困或混乱家庭的学生在完成家庭作业时可能遇到的困难。
impoverish=pover=power、poverty=两个v是力量，一个v是贫穷=poverty贫穷
in so far as
Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally,judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.
将时间视为有待最大化利用的资源意味着你把时间当做工具来对待，只有当每个既定时刻对某个目标起推进作用时，你才会把这一时刻视为用的恰到好处。
instrumentally 工具化
be generous to
She is always extremely generous to friends.
她对待朋友总是很大方。
be popular with
Homework has never been terribly popular with students and even many parents,but in recent years it has been particularly scorned.
家庭作业从来不受学生甚至许多家长的欢迎，但近年来它尤其受到了蔑视。
scorn=score 分数=分数不好会被鄙视=scorn嘲讽
emerge from
Pairs of opponents hit the ball back and forth until one winner emerges from all who entered.
成对的对手来来回回的击球，直到有一个胜者从所有的选手中脱颖而出。
submerge 淹没
emerge 出现
look into
But Congress should look into doing so directly,by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways.
但是国会应该考虑直接这么做，通过为xx登记提供资金支持或者通过其他方法来削减成本。
pay for
Legislation is moving through the House that would save USPS an estimated $28.6 billion over five years,which could help pay for new vehicles,among other survival measures.
这份已经递交给众议院的法案预案预计在5年内将为美国邮政服务节约286亿美元的开支，而这笔资金可以用来购置新车辆等一系列生存措施上。
vehicle 车辆
keep an eye on
The teachers’ unions keep an eye on schools,the CCPOA on prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.
教师工会盯着学校；加州监狱和平促进委员会盯着监狱；而各种各样的劳工团则盯着医疗保健部门。
拓 pay/give close attention to对…密切关注
to say the least
For the most part,the response has been favorable,to say the least.
至少可以说，大部分人的回答都是赞同的。
come across
However,its campaign risks coming across as being pushy and overprotective.
然而，这种做法可能会给人留下爱出风头、保护过度的印象。
pushy=扑倒shy-pushy爱出风头
拓 run into/across 偶然遇到