历年考研英语试题完形短语合集：2021年英语二短语总结

jump (the) lights 闯红灯

How about jumping lights? Buses do so almost as frequently as cyclists.

那闯红灯呢?巴士闯红灯的频率几乎和骑自行车的人一样高。

hit the target 完成目标

And drivers hit their targets. But they also hit cyclists.

司机们完成了目标。但他们也撞到了骑自行车的人。

at the expense of 以……为代价

But both these criteria would be at the expense of time.

但是，这两个标准都会以牺牲时间为代价。

be billed as 把……宣传为……

A one-hour flight is now billed as a two-hour flight.

(实际)一小时的飞行现在被标为两个小时。

may well 很可能

Choose one criterion and you may well sacrifice others.

选择其中一个标准，你可能就要舍弃其他的标准。