1.shut down 停工，使停业，关闭
Many technology firms are facing supply problems after factories in Japan shut down in the wake of the disaster.
由于日本发生灾难性地震，导致很多科技企业在日本的设厂不得不关闭停工，这些企业目前都面临着货源供给不足的困难。
2.set a record 创下纪录
Main business income margin rose to 7.16%, the annual maximum, and it set a record.
主营业务收入利润率升至全年最高7.16%，刷新了历史最高纪录。
3.hard-hit 受到沉重打击的
The outbreak of the Asian financial crisis has made Asian countries, particularly those hard-hit countries and regions, more keenly aware of the urgency to address those problems.
亚洲金融危机爆发后，亚洲国家特别是遭受冲击比较严重的国家和地区，更加深切地感到解决这些问题的紧迫性。
4.get control of 控制
If they could get control of the whole of Africa, if they had airfields and submarine bases at the Cape, it would cut Oceania in two.
如果他们控制了整个非洲，取得了好望角的机场和潜艇基地，那么大洋洲就要切成两半。
5.wrestle with 全力对付；努力克服
The administration has been wrestling with the issue as it works to fashion a new financial-rescue plan.
奥巴马政府在制定新的金融救助计划的过程中一直在应对这个问题。
