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原句：

Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a "GAFA tax", meaning / that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon—/ in other words, multinational tech companies based in the United States.

【2020 英語一Text4】

生詞：

politician n. 政治家； 從政者

media outlet 媒體渠道；媒體機(jī)構(gòu)；媒體業(yè)務(wù)

refer to… 參考；涉及

apply to… 適用于…

primarily adv. 主要地，首要地，根本地

multinational adj. 跨國的；多民族的 n. 跨國公司

base sth. in 設(shè)立；駐扎

分析：

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Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a "GAFA tax", meaning that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon—in other words, multinational tech companies based in the United States.

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①主句：Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a "GAFA tax", meaning

②賓語從句：that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon

③in other words, multinational tech companies based in the United States

譯文：

許多法國政界人士及媒體將其稱為“GAFA稅”，意思是它旨在將谷歌、蘋果、臉書和亞馬遜等公司——換句話說，就是總部設(shè)在美國的跨國科技公司——列為主要征稅對象。