G20财政部长周六称将解决分歧,在年内达成关于向科技巨头公司征收数字税的协议。请看本报昨日的报道: Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies Saturday vowed to resolve major differences over taxing big tech companies and reach a broad, consensus-based solution on international taxation this year. The United States has been at loggerheads over the issue with Britain, France and other key allies, who have adopted or are considering digital service taxes as a way to raise revenue from the local operations of big tech companies. 报道中的at loggerheads就是“争执不下”,loggerhead是一段连接着长柄的球状碗,过去在战争中碗内盛着滚烫的沥青扔向敌人。因此,这个词组引申为“有严重冲突”。例如: The students are at loggerheads with the college over the price of food in the cafeteria. 对于餐厅里售卖的食物价格,学生和校方存在严重分歧。 |