学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2933 clause

今天我们要学的词是 clause. Clause 名词，有条款的意思。美国国会要求对一家小公司是如何获得波多黎各电力修复合同一事展开调查。The contract offers pay rates five times higher than what is normal in Puerto Rico and includes a clause preventing authorities from auditing¹ those rates. 这项合同的工资标准是波多黎各正常标准的五倍，而且合同里还有一项条款规定，有关当局不得对工资标准进行审计。U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer proposed adding a “sunset clause” to the North American Free Trade Agreement. 美国贸易代表莱特希泽提议，给北美自由贸易协定增加一个“日落条款”。好的，我们今天学习的词是clause, clause, clause ...

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n.审计，查账，决算

参考例句：

• Auditing standards are the rules governing how an audit is performed.收支检查标准是规则统治一个稽核如何被运行。
• The auditing services market is dominated by a few large accounting firms.审计服务市场被几家大型会计公司独占了。