eg. 不论形势多么严重，他从不让理智失控。
(短语：grow grave / let one’s senses spin out of control)
译：No matter how grave situations grow, he never lets his senses spin out of control. 扩展：失控: beyond control/out of control
控制住某事: to bring … under control
无拘束地: without control
能控制某事: to have control over sth.
eg．只有学会主动地控制自己的情绪，你才能从生活中获得真正的幸福。
（短语：only when …/ have an active control over / reap true happiness from sth.）
译：Only when you learn to have an active control over your moods will you reap true happiness from life.
2、beyond one’s control ：超出某人的控制范畴
eg．你要想心静，就不必去揽自己管不了的事情。
（短语：keep one’s mind at peace / not bother to do sth. / take sth. on）
译：To keep your mind at peace, you needn’t bother to take on what is beyond your control.
3、among other things：除了其他事情之外
eg．他最擅长的不单单是剽窃别人的劳动成果
（短语：be best at / lift sth. from sth. else / the fruits from others’ labor）
译：What he is best at, among other things, is to lift the fruits from others’ labor.
4、to be all things to all people / all men ：有求必应；八面玲珑
eg．为了让人人都说好，她深谙八面玲珑之道
（短语：for sb. to do sth. / think highly of sb. / know well the art of doing sth.）
译：For everyone to think highly of her, she knows well the art of being all things to all people. 扩展：刁难某人: to make things warm for
半途而废: to do things by halves
照目前情况: as things stand
据实而言: to call things by their names
eg．据实而言，他们是在故意刁难我们。
（短语：on purpose）
译：To call things by their names, they are making things warm for us on purpose.
5、to blow one’s top：勃然大怒/大发雷霆
eg．获悉自己的女友恋上了另一男生，他勃然大怒。
（短语：informed of the news that … / become attracted to sb.）
译：Informed of the news that his girlfriend had become attracted to another boy, he blew his top.
6、to have no compass in life：生活没有方向
eg．没有生活目标的人犹如折翼的飞禽。
（短语：be the equivalent of / one bird with broken wings）
译：One who has no compass in life is the equivalent of one bird with broken wings.
7、to give emphasis to …：看重/强调······
eg．过分强调孩子的学业成绩不利于其创造性的发展。
（短语：sb’s academic performance / be harmful to / the development of one’s creativity） 译：Giving undue emphasis to your child’s academic performance is harmful to the development
of his / her creativity.
扩展：过分强调: lay undue emphasis on