in case of防备
例句:The wall was built along the river in case of floods.
沿河筑了防护墙以防洪水。
Take a spare tire along in case of need.
带个备用轮胎去, 以备不时之需。
2.Mr Straw said the decision had been taken by the Scottish government, and he could throw no light on the matter.
throw light on照亮,阐明,使理解,启迪
例句:Threw some light on the question.
对这个问题做了解释
3.He and Alex Salmond, the first minister in Scotland, made quite clear that they had no representations from the British government or from BP in respect of that.
in respect of关与,至于…,就…而言
例句:Her work is good in respect of quality but bad in respect of quantity.
她的工作质量好但是数量差。