【真題】This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad.這種更遠的視角使得對于我們未來悲觀的觀點看起來更像是一種消逝的潮流。
★ legislation
n.法律(規);立法,法律的制定(或通過)
【例1】As a former lawyer, Mr. Medvedev has started with legislation.律師出身的梅德韋杰夫從立法開始著手。
【例2】In 2007 President George Bush signed legislation requiring a fivefold increase in biofuels production, to 36 billion gallons by 2022. 2007年布什總統簽署了一項法令,要求生物燃料產量在2022年以前增加到目前規模的五倍,總產量達到360億加侖。
【構詞】leg(法律)+isla+-tion(名詞詞綴)→法律,立法
【同義替換】lawmaking
【派生】legislate v.立法
【真題1】Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.現在,該公司突然聲稱因為2006年出臺的法規,2002年簽訂的協議無效。不但如此,它還聲稱只有聯邦政府才對核事件有管轄權。
【真題2】The panel has not yet reached agreement on a crucial question, however, whether to recommend legislation that would make it a crime for private funding to be used for human cloning.然后,該小組尚未在一個關鍵問題上達成一致,即是否建議立法機關把將私人資金用于克隆人的行為視為犯罪。
★ certify
v.證明,證實;發證書(或執照)給
【例】Two witnesses must certify that this is your signature.必須有兩個見證人證明這確實是你的簽字。