rather than 而不是，宁愿....不愿.....
I will go to meet him rather than wait for him.我宁愿去接他而不愿等他。
refer to 谈到，提及，关于，涉及
The author referred to the village where he was born several times in his article.作者在文章中几次提到他出生的那个村庄。
regard as 把....看作，把.....认为是
Waste is regarded as crime.浪费被认为是一种犯罪。
regardless of 不管，不顾
Dr.bethune went on operating regardless of the other's dissuasion.白求恩大夫不顾别人的劝阻，继续做手术。
result in 导致，引起，结果为
The envy between them resulted in quarrelling.他们之间的嫉妒导致了争吵。
right away 立即，立刻，马上
The Red Cross aids disaster victims right away.红十字会立刻对受灾的人进行援助。
ring up （给某人）打电话
My parents told me to ring up as soon as I was free.我父母告诉我一有空就给他们打电话。
run into 偶然遇见
I ran into an old friend of mine yesterday.昨天我偶然遇见一位老朋友。
run out of 用完，耗尽
The oil ressource will be run out of sooner or later.石油资源迟早要被耗尽。
run over 溢出
The water ran over the basin.水从盆中溢出。
