GRE核心词汇词组：in (the) light of

　　in (the) light of 考虑到，根据

　　释义

　　If something is possible in the light of particular information, it is only possible because you have this information.

　　例句

　　In light of this economic depression, a mass layoff is about to happen.

　　GRE

　　Only in the case of the February Revolution do we lack a useful description of participants that might characterize it in the light of what social history has taught us about the process of revolutionary mobilization.

　　只有在二月革命这个例子中我们缺乏对于参与者的有用描述，而基于社会历史有关革命动员过程能教给我们的内容，这些描述有可能勾勒出这场革命的性质。