The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture. [VERB PREP. noun]
这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。
...a schoolboy comedy, which amounted to little more than slapstick. [VERB PREP. noun]
接近于打闹剧的校园男孩喜剧
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