183【讲解】静姐考研英语每日一句 I 2020英一T4

每日长难句 183

原句：

Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a "GAFA tax", meaning / that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon—/ in other words, multinational tech companies based in the United States.

【2020 英语一Text4】

生词：

politician n. 政治家； 从政者

media outlet 媒体渠道；媒体机构；媒体业务

refer to… 参考；涉及

apply to… 适用于…

primarily adv. 主要地，首要地，根本地

multinational adj. 跨国的；多民族的 n. 跨国公司

base sth. in 设立；驻扎

分析：

📝找谓语动词

Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a "GAFA tax", meaning that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon—in other words, multinational tech companies based in the United States.

📝断开长难句

①主句：Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a "GAFA tax", meaning

②宾语从句：that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon

③in other words, multinational tech companies based in the United States

译文：

许多法国政界人士及媒体将其称为“GAFA税”，意思是它旨在将谷歌、苹果、脸书和亚马逊等公司——换句话说，就是总部设在美国的跨国科技公司——列为主要征税对象。