【词组解析】
1. reach agreement 达成协议；经过商量而定好；互相约好；告竣以及谈
（1）To reach agreement, both side must make concession.
为达成协议，两方都必须做让步。
（2）The two sides failed to reach agreement.
双方未能取得一致意见。
2. rather than 不是...(而是)
（1）We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs.
我们的设计往往流于传统而没有超前意识。
（2）Her speech was memorable for its polemic rather than its substance.
她的演说之所以令人难忘，不是因其内容而是因其辩论方法。
3. regardless of 不顾,不惜
（1）The club welcomes all new members regardless of age.
俱乐部对所有新成员不分年龄一律欢迎。
（2）The fields give high and stable yields regardless of climatic circumstances.
不管天气条件如何，这块地总是保持稳产高产。
4. relative to 与...有关
（1）Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.
与其面积相比，这个城市的人口是稀少的。
（2）These are the facts relative to the problem.
这些都是与这问题有关的事实。
5. remove from 从…除去
（1）His cruelty was only one remove from crime.
他的残忍在程度上仅次于犯罪。
（2）He is but one remove from me.
他和我仅隔着一代。