《经济学人》2019年6月22日这一期,State of the nation 这篇文章讲到得克萨斯州遇到的一些机遇与挑战。 Mr Luce founded a law firm, Hughes & Luce, and served under several Texan governors and as assistant secretary of education when George W. Bush was president. He has been a beneficiary of and advocate for Texas’s rise, but thinks that the state faces long-term challenges that political leaders are ignoring, such as a dwindling supply of skilled workers and ever rising health-care costs. 卢斯创办了休斯与卢斯律师事务所,在布什担任总统期间,他曾在几位德州州长手下工作,并担任教育部长助理。他一直是德克萨斯州崛起的受益者和倡导者,但他认为,该州面临着被政治领导人忽视的长期挑战,比如熟练工人的减少和医疗成本的不断上升。 n. 受益人;遗产继承人 GRE丨SAT丨专八 【追根溯源】 单词beneficiary里面的bene部分,来源于拉丁语bene, 意思是“好,益,善”。所以,在英语里,单词前缀出现bene时,多与此相关: |
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