第四十四篇：波音同意認罪並支付近2.5億美元的罰款

Boeing agrees to plead guilty and pay a nearly quarter-billion dollar fine. 波音同意認罪並支付近2.5億美元的罰款

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★Vocabulary

1. plead guilty 認罪
2. in principle 原則上
3. compliance 合規
4. probation 緩刑
5. subject to 接受
6. hold up 履行
7. breach 違反
8. violation 違規
9. blow off 脫落
10. stiff 嚴厲的
11. concede 承認
12. filing 歸檔紀錄
13. concession 讓步
14. hold someone accountable for something 追究某人的責任

#里茲螞蟻文法課 必教句型

• #動詞形式
  As part of the deal, Boeing agrees to pay a $243.6 million fine – adding to a previous $243 million fine the company already has paid.
  根據協議的其中一部分，波音同意再支付2.436億美元的罰款——之前已支付了2.43億美元的罰款。
• #被動式
  The company will also be put on probation and subject to an independent compliance monitor for three years.
  該公司還將被處以緩刑，並須接受為期三年的獨立合規監察。