VOA常速英语2008年-Truckers Protest High Gasoline Prices

By Mil Arcega
Washington
29 April 2008
 

Hundreds of truckers gathered in Washington DC on April 28 to protest the high cost of fuel. The truckers say Washington lawmakers have been far too silent on an issue that has grave repercussions¹ for the U.S. economy.  They called on Congress to stop subsidizing big oil companies and demanded a cap on the cost of fuel.  VOA's Mil Arcega reports.

 

1 repercussions   

n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波

参考例句：

• The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
• Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》