查询词典 discipline sb. as a warning

Play cat and mouse with sb, play a cat-and-mouse game with sb

和某人玩起猫捉老鼠的游戏；耍弄

Play a trick on sb./play tricks on sb.

捉弄某人，对某人恶作剧

Intercede; plead for sb.; ask for leniency for sb.

他在校长面前为我～。

Prepare for sb./sth.= make preparation of sb.

sth 为某事/某人做准备

Brace themselves for '是固定搭配.brace sb/yourself的意思是:to prepare sb/yourself for sth difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen.

我感觉这句应该翻译成：医院的负责人正在为医保制度的改革作准备。多多指教，互相学习

Present sth. to sb.= present sb. with sth.

展示某物给某人，向某人展示某物

Present sth to sb = present sb with sth

把。。。赠送给

Prohibit sb. from doing sth.=prohibit sb.'s doing sth.

禁止某人做某事，条件不允许某做某事

For sb./provide sb. with sth.

为某人提供某物。

For/ to sb./ provide sb. with sth.

把某物提供给某人

Those who loved reading were obliged to send for their books from England; the members of the junto had each a few

那些喜欢看书的人就得从英国购书，讲读俱乐部的的成员每人都有几本。

Three fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

地球表面的四分之三被水覆盖着。