夏说英语新闻晨读 第187期:优步在欧洲惹官司

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The European Court of Justice began hearing legal arguments about whether Uber is a transportation firm or a digital service. The case has been taken to the EU’s highest court by Barcelona’s established taxi drivers, who, like taxi drivers the world over, complain that Uber has muscled into their market by circumventing¹ local transport regulations. Uber says it is an “information-society services provider”.

Hear: 听证
Established：有声望的
Muscle into：强势进入
Circumvent：规避

1 circumventing   

v.设法克服或避免（某事物），回避( circumvent的现在分词 )；绕过，绕行，绕道旅行

参考例句：

• They found a way of circumventing the law. 他们找到了规避法律的途径。
• This viewpoint sees the Multinational Corporation as capable of circumventing or subverting national objectives and policies. 这种观点认为，跨国公司能够遏制和破坏国家的目标和政策。 来自辞典例句