VOA慢速英语:Trump: Comments About Judge Were 'Misconstrued'

短语讲解：

1. They claim they did not receive the education they paid for and have demanded their money back.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱; 因…受罚
例句：I' ll give you double pay for working overtime.
你加班我付你双倍工钱。

2. The candidate has called Curiel “a Mexican,” even though he was born and raised in the Midwestern U.S. state of Indiana.

even though 哪怕; 即使，纵然
例句：Even though he tried, he still lagged behind other runners.
尽管他努力了，仍落在其他赛跑者之后。

3. “I regret those comments he made. Claiming a person can’t do the job because of their race is sort of like a textbook definition of a racist comment."

because of 因为，由于
例句：John's jacket got out of shape because of the heavy rain.
约翰的夹克因为大雨而变形。