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safety recall汽車(chē)召回,通常指vehicle safety recall
airbag安全氣囊
【pump the brakes on sth】
1. Literally, to depress and release the brake pedal on a vehicle several times in quick succession.
It's pretty icy out there, so remember to gently pump the brakes. Otherwise your wheels might lock up and you'll start sliding uncontrollably.
2. slang : To act more slowly and carefully, usually to stop oneself from doing from doing something embarrassing.
eg①A: "And that woman Camille! Isn't she just the biggest pain?" B: "Psst! Pump the brakes, dude—Sarah is her niece!"
eg②I really want to ask this girl out, but I know I need to pump the brakes since I only just met her.
【NHTSA】國(guó)家公路交通安全管理局(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
【ARC Automotive Inc】美國(guó)艾爾希汽車(chē)公司
unreasonable risk of death injury
【unreasonable】 ①not guided by or based on good sense;②beyond the limits of acceptability or fairness.
【project】 v.投擲,噴射,發(fā)射 eg.Seeds are ~ed from the tree.
【rupture】 n&v (使)(體內(nèi)組織等的)斷裂,破裂
【metal fragments】金屬碎片
【deploy】展開(kāi)(deploy the inner bag)
【the blink of an eye】眨眼之間
While incidents are rare, the incidents that have occurred have been severe.
雖然這些事情發(fā)生概率低,但這些事一旦發(fā)生就是不可挽回的悲劇。
【legal battle】打官司
inflator充氣機(jī),增壓泵
【put sth in perspective for sb】通過(guò)比較,給某人解釋某物
across?this population
【out of an abundance of caution】用了out of sth的結(jié)構(gòu),并且在sth前面增加修飾語(yǔ),表達(dá)強(qiáng)調(diào),“尤其謹(jǐn)慎”
【if a standoff drives on】如果僵局持續(xù)下去...
take sb to court起訴某人,把某人告上法庭
be notified by被通知(notify)
cars VIN number
車(chē)輛識(shí)別號(hào)碼(Vehicle Identification Number)
keep an eye up for sth繼續(xù)留意,保持關(guān)注