來自AP的文章-Australia suspends WTO case against China on barley tariffs。作者ROD McGUIRK。
Australia suspends WTO case against China on barley tariffs
澳洲暫停就大麥關稅向 WTO 起訴中國
Australia suspended a complaint to the World Trade Organization in a bid to reopen the Chinese market to Australian barley for the first time in three years in the new government’s latest step toward repairing relations with Beijing.
澳洲暫停了向世界貿易組織(WTO)提出的申訴，以求三年來首次向澳洲大麥重新開放中國市場，這是澳洲新政府修復與北京關系的最新舉措。
complaint [kəmˈpleɪnt]n.抱怨; 投訴; 控告; 不滿; 不滿的原因; 埋怨; (尤指不嚴重、常影響身體某部位的)疾病;
[例句] I can see no grounds for complaint.
我看沒理由 抱怨。
in a bid to ：這個詞組的意思是「企圖」，後跟動詞原形。 這個詞組相當於 in order to。
例句1： Tom got up very early in a bid to catch the bus yesterday .
湯姆昨天起得很早去趕公交車。
China effectively closed it doors to Australian barley in May 2020 by imposing an 80% tariff after the previous Australian government angered Beijing by calling for an independent inquiry into the origins of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous conservative government responded by challenging the tariff in the Geneva-based trade body.
2020年5月，上屆澳洲政府呼籲對2019冠狀病毒疾病大流行的起源和應對措施進行獨立調查，這激怒了中國政府，中國對澳洲大麥征收80%的關稅，這實際上關閉了對澳洲大麥的大門。上屆保守派政府對此的回應是，在這個總部位於日內瓦的貿易組織中對關稅提出質疑。
impose [ɪmˈpəʊz] v. 強制實行; 推行，采用(規章制度); 迫使; 把…強加於; 使(別人)接受自己的意見; 勉強（某人做某事）; 使接受，使意識到;
例句1： A four-day suspension was imposed on her.
她被勒令停職 4 天。
challenge [ˈtʃælɪndʒ] vt. 對…懷疑(或質疑); 拒絕接受; 向(某人)挑戰; (尤指在對方不情願時)強烈建議(某人做某事); 考查…的能力; 考驗…的技巧; 盤問;
例句1： Schools must meet the challenge of new technology.
學校必須迎接新技術的 挑戰。
