和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:US Court to Hear Arguments on New Travel Ban

2017-03-09来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Officials in Hawaii have disputed the legality of the order, which is to take effect on March 16th.

take effect 生效,奏效
例句:International sanctions were beginning to take effect.
国际制裁开始起作用了。

2. Iraq was included in the first executive order, but was removed after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said his office was in contact with the Iraqi government.

in contact with 与…在接触中
例句:Who are you in contact with?
你在和谁联系。

3. Reports say the new order was written to deal with the concerns of the federal judges who blocked the first order.

deal with 应付; 对待;惠顾; 与…交易
例句:He's a hard man to deal with.
要跟他这个人做生意很难。

4. Graham said he believed the new order to be “a ban on individuals coming from compromised governments and failed states.”

come from 源自;来自某处;出生于
例句:He's just come from the countryside.
他刚从乡下来。