英语单词 | subsidize |
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英美音标 | 英 ['sʌbsɪdaɪz] 美 ['sʌbsɪdaɪz] |
中文释义 | vt.给与补助金或奖助金;贿赂 |
英语例句 | (1) The government has refused to subsidize the car industry . |
中文例句 | (1) 政府已拒绝给汽车工业补贴。 |
vocabulary简明 | To subsidize something is to support it by providing it with money or other resources. Don't expect your parents to subsidize your addiction to solid-gold puppy figurines. |
vocabulary扩展 | We can break down the word subsidize to help us remember its meaning. The prefix sub- means "under, below" and sedēre means "to sit." (A submarine is a ship that goes under the sea.) So to subsidize is to underwrite something financially, providing the support that keeps it going. For example, our taxes are used by the government to subsidize many educational and social programs. |
柯林斯解释 | in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 subsidise 1 [VERB 动词]资助;补助;给…发津贴 If a government or other authority subsidizes something, they pay part of the cost of it. [V n]
subsidized
subsidizing
subsidization
2 [VERB 动词](政府)资助,出资支持 If a government subsidizes an industry, they provide money so that the industry can continue. [V n]
subsidized
subsidization
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