Hand sth down (phrasal verb)
●To announce or deliver a (legal) verdict or indictment.
(宣布,頒布)
Examples:
1.Tougher sentences are being handed down these days.
2.The grand jury handed seven indictments down last week.
Buoy (verb)
●To make someone feel happier or more confident about a situation.(鼓舞,鼓勵)
Examples:
1.They said they felt so buoyed up as they were such a great bunch of students.
2.She was buoyed (up) by the warm reception her audience gave her.
Run into sth (phrasal verb)
●To experience something unexpectedly, especially something unpleasant.(遭遇,陷入)
Examples:
1.The center ran into some financial trouble and had to borrow money.
2.Our project ran into difficulties when we lost a sponsor.
Run counter to sth (idiom)
●If one thing runs counter to another, the first thing is the opposite of the second thing or conflicts with it.(對立,相反)
Examples:
1.Much of the plan runs counter to European agriculture and environmental policy.
2.The finding ran counter to all expectations.
Override (verb)
●To use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.)(推翻,壓倒)
Examples:
1.The experience of others, therefore, provides no grounds for overriding my judgement.
2.The president vetoed the bill, and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto.