VOA慢速英语:'Super PACs' and More: Politics, Money and Language

limit to (把…)限制在…, 局限于…
例句：We must limit the expenses to $100 a month.
我们必须把开支限制在每月100美元。

2. However, the justices said the government may not limit spending on independent efforts to support or oppose candidates.

spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。

3. The case resulted from a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission by a conservative group called Citizens United.

result from产生于…, 由…引起
例句：His failure resulted from not working hard enough.
他的失败是工作不够努力造成的。

4. And it couldn't have happened to a better person than Newt Gingrich [laughs], because this was a person who supported corporate elites having their way and contributing as much as they want to campaigns. Now it turned around to bite him.

happen to发生在…身上
例句：An odd thing happened to him this morning.
他今天早晨遇到一件怪事。
turn around (使)转身, (使)转换方向
例句：The bus had to back up and turn around.
那辆公共汽车不得不先往后退, 然后再掉头。

5. On Friday, Newt Gingrich said the film contained mistakes and he called on Winning Our Future to either remove them or not run the film.

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

6. The New York City Council has passed a resolution that calls for amending the United States Constitution.

call for要求; 需要
例句：Your plan will call for a lot of money.
你的计划需要许多钱。

7. Our voice and our vote doesn't matter the same way that someone who has so many resources to devote to a campaign, whether it's a wealthy individual or a mega-corporation.

devote to把…专用于, 完全用于(某事或做某事)
例句：This magazine is devoted to science.
这种杂志专载科学文章。

8. The first voting of this election season took place on January third in Iowa at local political meetings known as caucuses.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

9. And so, in that way, 'occupy' has become what we call a combining form. So it can be combined with verbs and nouns and adjectives in order to create new phrases and new expressions that filter throughout the whole movement.

combine with与…结合
例句：If he can combine his ability with hard work, he should be very successful.
如果他能把自己的才能和勤奋结合起来, 必定会很有成就。
in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

10. The Occupy movement has borrowed methods and terms from protests of the past. Mr. Barrett points to the use of the so-called human megaphone.

borrow from从…借入; 借用
例句：Japanese has borrowed heavily from English.
日语借用了很多英语词汇。