In The American Congress的意思|示意

WHEN the American economy sickens, there is nothing Congress likes more than to call in a few chief executives for hearings in which politicians can upbraid big business.

当美国经济病体虚弱之时，国会最喜欢干的事就是召集几位大公司的首席执行官来开听证会，并在听证会上厉声斥责他们。

In 2005 America's Congress objected to the efforts of the partially state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to buy Unocal, an American rival.

2005年美国国会否决了作为美国竞争对手的部分国有的中海油(CNOOC)试图收购优尼科石油公司的努力。

The United States Congress held hearings last week on the growing problem of piracy, which the American entertainment industry says accounts for the loss of $20 billion a year in sales.

上周，美国国会就日益严重的盗版问题召开听证会，美国娱乐产业表示，每年因盗版行为所造成的销售额损失达到2百亿美元。

The Chinese are well aware that Boeing has operations in many American states and that Congress would react strongly if sanctions went ahead.

中国也十分清楚波音在美国各州都有业务，如果制裁提上日程，美国国会的反应必然强烈。

Congress is arguing about a clause in the $800 billion-plus stimulus package that in its most extreme form would press for the use of American materials in public works.

美国国会正在就8000亿美元的一揽子经济刺激法案中的一项条款进行激烈辩论。 该条款极其极端的要求在公共工程建设中必须使用美国生产的物资材料。

If their aim was to blacken the UNDP, then leaks to American newspapers and to Republicans in Congress have had the desired effect.

如果这些美国官员目的是要诽谤联合国发展计划署，那么向美国报纸和国会的共和党人披露就已经达到目的了。