U1T1 國(guó)會(huì)應(yīng)擔(dān)起責(zé)任,立法監(jiān)督科技巨頭

state capitols 州議會(huì)

craft n.工藝制品;v.制定

bill 法案

regulation 章程,監(jiān)管

不懂的句子:

Who is left to fill the void but states?

除了各州之外,誰被留下來填補(bǔ)這一空白呢?

fill the void 填補(bǔ)空白

next to nothing 幾乎沒有

• 出處:and congress so far has done next to nothing to regulate them.

accouunt for 占.....比例,解釋

impetus n.動(dòng)力;推動(dòng)----引申為"原因"

• 出處:This thinking accounts for much of the impetus

這一想法解釋了大部分的原因

legislation 立法;法律

take sb down a notch 壓低某人的氣焰

finest n.最杰出的代表

This thinking accounts for much of the impetus behind legislation in capitols across the country to take Silicon Valley and Seattle's finest down a notch.

(解釋了各個(gè)州的議會(huì)為什么要出臺(tái)法律監(jiān)管科技公司)

in abundance 大量;充裕;豐富

pandemic 流行病

strike 襲擊;打擊

pandemic-stricken 遭受流行病影響的

There's also the simple reality that these companies have in abundance what pandemic-stricken goverments most desperately need:money.

其他顏色的成分都是作修飾作用,what引導(dǎo)賓語從句

pending adj.未決的;未定的

extract 抽出;拔出;索取

commission 委員會(huì);傭金;回扣

close to home (話語\話題)切中要害,一語中的

enact legislation 通過法律

enactment (法律、法案)的通過,頒布

breed n.類型;種類

struggle v.掙扎,糾結(jié)n.難題

encapsulate v.概括,囊括

1選項(xiàng)

curb 遏制

A passion to curb the power of tech giant.

遏制科技巨頭影響力的激情。

veto 否決

headquarter n.企業(yè)總部v.將總部設(shè)在...

熟詞僻義:

reach 范圍

interest 權(quán)利

cap 設(shè)定限額=limit

counter 反對(duì)

single out 把....單獨(dú)拎出來

• 出處:These companies counter that it isn't fair ,either,to single them out as a means of making up a budget deficit.
• 把他們單獨(dú)拎出來作為彌補(bǔ)預(yù)算赤字的方式是不公平的

conflict with 與...相沖突,違反

出處:Taxing only digital ads and not print ads may conflict with federal law

只對(duì)數(shù)字廣告收稅而不對(duì)平面廣告收稅也許違反聯(lián)邦法律.

commerce clause 商業(yè)條款

end up doing 最終處于某種狀態(tài)

titan 泰坦,這里指大企業(yè)

出處:the businesses that buy ads may end up bearing the burden of the tax rather than the titans.

那些購買了廣告的企業(yè)可能最終承擔(dān)了稅收的重?fù)?dān)而不是那些大企業(yè)

熟詞僻義:

ground 理由,原因

on the groung 以...理由

出處:Groups representing Google, Facebook, Amazon and others sued Maryland on Thursday on some of these grounds.

ascertain 弄清;查明

出處:there's the difficulty of ascertaining which ads are actually seen by Marylanders

revitalize 使...復(fù)蘇

出處:help revitalize the business of print advertising .

三

熟詞僻義:

measures 措施;法案 =bill=proposeal

出處:Which of the following is true of the incoming measures according to Paragraph

wrinkle 漣漪,引申為困難,難題

by nature 本質(zhì)上

span 跨越;覆蓋

出處:Wrinkle such as these are inevitable when a state tries to regulate on industry that by nature spans 50 states and scores of countries.

諸如此類的困難不可避免

That's not to mention 更不必談

patchwork 大雜燴;拼湊之物

出處:That's not to mention the wrinkles for companies complying with a patchwork of regulations

scrutiny 審查

there ability to stand up to scrutiny in a court

經(jīng)受住法院檢查的能力

yawning adj.裂開大口的;難以逾越的

As much scrutiny as states such as Maryland (主語)deserve for the action they're taking, Congress deserves more (scrutiny) for taking (none) none at all.

像馬里蘭州這樣一些州他們應(yīng)該為他們做的那些行動(dòng)得到很多的審查,國(guó)會(huì)也因?yàn)闆]有采取任何行動(dòng)而受到審查

As much 放在句首引起倒裝

選項(xiàng):

B double-edged 雙刃劍(利弊兼有)

C stand up to 承受得住

They barely stand up to sctutiny

選項(xiàng)5:

preferential 優(yōu)惠的;優(yōu)先的

出處:a preferential tax treatment should be provided to upstarts.

prioritize 將...放在優(yōu)先位置

出處:state goverments should prioritize perceived ills long ignored.