学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2352-class-action

今天我们要学的词是 class action. Class action 集体诉讼。Apple will face a class action lawsuit¹ by its retail² employees in California who were subjected to bag checks after their shift was over. 苹果公司加州零售店雇员将对公司提出集体诉讼，因为他们下班要接受搜包检查。In a class action lawsuit filed recently, the top four U.S. airlines are accused of conspiring³ to restrict capacity and raising fares. 根据最近提出的一项集体诉讼案，美国四大航空公司被控串通一气，限制承载人数，提高票价。好的，今天我们学习的词是 class action, class action, class action...

1 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。