学个词Learn a Word 第743期 Clunker

今天我们要学的词是clunker。 Clunker有旧车、破车的意思。为了帮助汽车市场走出低谷，美国国会众议院批准了一项计划。"The plan offers up to $4500 to consumers who trade in gas-guzzling clunkers for new models," 根据计划，消费者可以把耗油量大的旧车交出来，买辆新车，并从政府那里得到最多四千五百美元的补贴。

"The "Cash for Clunker" proposal has been under negotiation¹ for months as lawmakers try to boost car sales while providing environmental benefits," 围绕这项“现金换破车”提案的辩论已经进行好几个月了，国会议员希望在推动汽车销量的同时能达到环保的目的。好的，今天我们学习的词是clunker...
 

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。