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 今天我们要学的词是 loophole.

 

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loophole 的意思是漏洞。 U.S. President Donald Trump¹ has asked Democrat² lawmakers to fix the loopholes in the U.S. asylum³ laws or federal authorities would deport⁴ millions of undocumented immigrants. 美国总统特朗普要求民主党议员们修补美国庇护法的漏洞，否则联邦当局会将数百万无证移民驱逐出境。

 

The FCC released a new proposal that would finally close a loophole that keeps authorities from pursuing robocalling and call-spoofing scammers targeting US callers. 美国联邦通信委员会公布一项新提案，最终填补一个阻止当局追查以自动语音电话和电话欺骗骚扰美国人的诈骗者的漏洞。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

4 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。