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BBC在线收听下载:特朗普抨击奥巴马的外交政策
短语讲解:
1. The New York Times is reporting that the Democratic Party's trailing presidential aspirant Bernie Sanders, says he is planning to lay off hundreds of campaign staffers across the country.
lay off 暂时解雇,裁员; 停止工作[活动]; 停止做某种不快的事; 暂时解雇
例句:100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit.
10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
2. On the huge banners bearing the words truth and justice, tens of thousands of Liverpudlian gathered on the sunny but cold evening to acknowledge the battle this city has won, every vantage point was taken, people perched on top of red telephone boxes, red scarfs were tied to lamp posts.
tens of thousands of 成千上万; 千百万; 千千万万
例句:Tens of thousands of professional personnel
数以千万计的专门人才。