远走高飞

1.ease the credit crunch   减轻股票危机

2.airstrikes    空袭

3.infringement of its sovereignty  侵犯主权

4. premature deaths 早产

5.reshuffle 重组（重组内阁，政府）   revamp也有此意

6.lob for sth 为某事游说

7.embark on 着手干某事

8.is designed to head off 志在扫清……

原句：Mr Brown’s decision to bring his old enemy the Blairite European Union trade commissioner into the cabinet as business secretary is designed in part to head off the threat of a future rebellion against his leadership.

9.relation soured  关系恶化（直译为“变酸”，即“变坏”）

10.quip  打趣 quipped to journalists 同记者打趣道