VOA慢速英语:Opposition Blocks India’s Economic Reform Laws

短语讲解：

1. The targeted officials are accused of corruption.

accuse of 指责，控告
例句：They may even accuse the child of disloyalty.
他们甚至责备孩子不忠诚。

2. The dispute in parliament has almost ended the government’s hopes of passing legislation related to tax reform and land purchases in the current term.

relate to 涉及; 同…有…关系
例句：All these questions relate to philosophy.
这些问题都跟哲学有关。

3. The land bill would have made it easier for industry to acquire land to put up factories.

put up vt.张贴; 举起; 建造
例句：He put up a stake to support the newly planted tree.
他竖了一根桩支撑新种的树。

4.“They will have to take the opposition on board, only then things will start moving…the government is not willing to concede even an inch to the opposition.”

be willing to 乐于; 肯; 甘于
例句：That man will be willing to talk to you.
那人乐意跟你聊聊。

5. Growth has picked up, but the rate of change has been slower than expected from a man who many had hoped would change India’s business climate.

pick up 捡起
例句：I'd really like to pick up Grandpa at the railroad station.
我真想去火车站接爷爷。