学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2374 executive order

今天我们要学的词是 executive order. Executive order 名词，行政命令。President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Labor¹ Day, requiring federal contractors² to provide their employees with paid sick leave. 美国总统奥巴马劳工节当天签署行政命令，要求政府合同公司为员工提供带薪病假。Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump³ vowed⁴ to reverse President Obama's executive orders on immigration if elected President. 美国共和党总统参选人川普表示，如果当选，他将撤销奥巴马总统在移民问题上下达的行政命令。好的，今天我们学习的词是 executive order, executive order, executive order...

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。