【22考研英语一】张剑黄皮书阅读理解80篇精讲 | 官方配套课(持续更新)

U1T1 国会应担起责任,立法监督科技巨头

state capitols 州议会
craft n.工艺制品;v.制定
bill 法案
regulation 章程,监管
不懂的句子:
Who is left to fill the void but states?
除了各州之外,谁被留下来填补这一空白呢?
fill the void 填补空白
next to nothing 几乎没有
- 出处:and congress so far has done next to nothing to regulate them.
accouunt for 占.....比例,解释
impetus n.动力;推动----引申为"原因"
- 出处:This thinking accounts for much of the impetus
这一想法解释了大部分的原因
legislation 立法;法律
take sb down a notch 压低某人的气焰
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.
(解释了各个州的议会为什么要出台法律监管科技公司)
in abundance 大量;充裕;丰富
pandemic 流行病
strike 袭击;打击
pandemic-stricken 遭受流行病影响的
There's also the simple reality that these companies have in abundance what pandemic-stricken goverments most desperately need:money.
其他颜色的成分都是作修饰作用,what引导宾语从句
pending adj.未决的;未定的
extract 抽出;拔出;索取
commission 委员会;佣金;回扣

close to home (话语\话题)切中要害,一语中的
enact legislation 通过法律
enactment (法律、法案)的通过,颁布
breed n.类型;种类
struggle v.挣扎,纠结n.难题
encapsulate v.概括,囊括

1选项
curb 遏制
A passion to curb the power of tech giant.
遏制科技巨头影响力的激情。
veto 否决
headquarter n.企业总部v.将总部设在...
熟词僻义:
reach 范围
interest 权利
cap 设定限额=limit
counter 反对
single out 把....单独拎出来
- 出处:These companies counter that it isn't fair ,either,to single them out as a means of making up a budget deficit.
- 把他们单独拎出来作为弥补预算赤字的方式是不公平的
conflict with 与...相冲突,违反
出处:Taxing only digital ads and not print ads may conflict with federal law
只对数字广告收税而不对平面广告收税也许违反联邦法律.
commerce clause 商业条款
end up doing 最终处于某种状态
titan 泰坦,这里指大企业
出处:the businesses that buy ads may end up bearing the burden of the tax rather than the titans.
那些购买了广告的企业可能最终承担了税收的重担而不是那些大企业
熟词僻义:
ground 理由,原因
on the groung 以...理由
出处:Groups representing Google, Facebook, Amazon and others sued Maryland on Thursday on some of these grounds.
ascertain 弄清;查明
出处:there's the difficulty of ascertaining which ads are actually seen by Marylanders
revitalize 使...复苏
出处:help revitalize the business of print advertising .
三
熟词僻义:
measures 措施;法案 =bill=proposeal
出处:Which of the following is true of the incoming measures according to Paragraph
wrinkle 涟漪,引申为困难,难题
by nature 本质上
span 跨越;覆盖
出处:Wrinkle such as these are inevitable when a state tries to regulate on industry that by nature spans 50 states and scores of countries.
诸如此类的困难不可避免
That's not to mention 更不必谈
patchwork 大杂烩;拼凑之物
出处:That's not to mention the wrinkles for companies complying with a patchwork of regulations
scrutiny 审查
there ability to stand up to scrutiny in a court
经受住法院检查的能力
yawning adj.裂开大口的;难以逾越的
As much scrutiny as states such as Maryland (主语)deserve for the action they're taking, Congress deserves more (scrutiny) for taking (none) none at all.
像马里兰州这样一些州他们应该为他们做的那些行动得到很多的审查,国会也因为没有采取任何行动而受到审查
As much 放在句首引起倒装
选项:
B double-edged 双刃剑(利弊兼有)
C stand up to 承受得住
They barely stand up to sctutiny
选项5:
preferential 优惠的;优先的
出处:a preferential tax treatment should be provided to upstarts.
prioritize 将...放在优先位置
出处:state goverments should prioritize perceived ills long ignored.