vital part，crucial point，strategic point，key，nubbin ；

[例句] 布莱克先生直攻要害，问起了性方面的隐私问题。 Mr Black went for the jugular, asking intimate sexual questions.

[例句] 我想那才是问题的要害。 That, I think, is the nub of the problem.

（概要） main points，gist ；

[例句] 正好周大要扩大经营规模, 但缺少资本. Gist of week of as it happens enlarges operation, but lack capital.

[例句] 鞋子太大要摔跤. A shoe too large trips one up.

very important person (V. I. P.)，important personage，a big deal，a man of mark，bigwig ；

[例句] 那位要人到达时，俱乐部经理亲自陪他上楼。 When the great man arrived, the club's manager personally escorted him upstairs.

[例句] 他是一名政界要人。 He was a political heavyweight.

（重要文件） important document，（重要条件） important condition ；

[例句] 健康是成功的要件之一. Health is one of the condition our lives are good.

[例句] 法院裁定行使人身管辖权必须符合正当程序要件. The court held that exercise of personal jurisdiction must meet the requirements of due process.

will，shall，be about to，be going to，gonna ；

[例句] 谁知道总统将要面临什么？ Who knows what lies in store for the President?

[例句] 想到将要无所事事，他就非常害怕。 The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling.

thoroughfare，main drag ；

[例句] 一群暴徒在要道聚众闹事. Rowdy mobs gathered in the leading thoroughfares.

[例句] 必须警告孩子们远离交通要道。 Children must be warned to stay away from main roads.

be about to，be going to，be on the verge of，soon ；

[例句] 镇上老码头区多年来疏于维护,快要塌陷了. The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.

[例句] 凯瑟琳气得快要炸了。“我觉得你真是可鄙！” Catherine was ready to explode. "I think you're contemptible!"

or，either ... or ... ；

[例句] 要么你跟他谈，要么我去。 Either you can talk to him, or I will.

[例句] 只有两个选择：要么是报酬很低的工作，要么就是失业。 It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs.

if it were not for，but for，except ；

[例句] 要不是你，我们可能已经被他们甩掉了。 But for you, they might have given us the slip.

[例句] 要不是对此深信不疑，他不会说这样的话。 He wouldn't say this if it weren't the gospel truth.

outline，summary ；

[例句] 只要略加考虑就可看出你错了. A moment's reflection will show you are wrong.

[例句] 最后有必要略谈一谈序的交叠问题. Finally, a few remarks must be made about overlapping of orders.

don't ；

[例句] 不要等待好事降临，你要向幸福进发。 Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness.

[例句] 他呼吁自己的同胞不要丧失信心。 He appealed to his countrymen not to lose heart.

or else，otherwise，or；

[例句] 把它扔进邮筒，要不然就让你的秘书发份传真。 Pop it in the post, or get your secretary to fax it.

[例句] 除非我们到来，要不然那间小木屋一直都是空的。 The log cabin stayed empty, except when we came.

ask for ；

[例句] 他们打算向那3位医生索要损害赔偿。 They intend to claim for damages against the three doctors.

[例句] 信封里装着一封打印的、没签名的信，索要75,000英镑。 The envelope contained a typed, unsigned letter demanding £75,000 in cash.

want，intend，wish，be desirous to，mean ；

[例句] 当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。 When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.

[例句] 我想你或许想要读一下信封里的内容。 I thought you might like to read the enclosed.

so long as，provided，as long as，if only，so as ；

[医]matter ；

[例句] 我有一件要事可以请教你吗? May I solicit your advice on a matter of some importance?

[例句] 有要事相商. I have important matters to discuss with you.

unnecessary，dispensable，uncalled-for ；

[例句] 他说：“我从未故意将任何病人置于不必要的风险境地。” "I have never knowingly exposed any patient to needless risks," he said.

[例句] 为什么我们要为酒吧和宾馆不必要的暖气开支买单呢？ Why do we pay to overheat pubs and hotels?

awful，extreme，frigging，perishing ；

[例句] 我那短促的睡眠, 简直是一种要命的痛苦和折磨. My moment of sleep is a great wrench, an agony.

[例句] 这是庸俗 、 下流 、 平凡得要命的. It was material, sordid, deadly common - place.

oblige，be necessary ；

[例句] 有必要让公众在充分知情的状况下展开辩论。 There needs to be a properly informed public debate.

[例句] 我认为有必要考虑到各种可能性。 I think one's got to consider all the possibilities.

cry for ；

[例句] 孩子们吵着要我带他们去看电影. The children badgered me into taking them to the cinema.

[例句] 孩子们聒噪不休,吵着要吃冰淇淋. The children clamoured for ice - cream.