【bipartisan】 - SAT备考词汇

bipartisan

UK:  [.baɪpɑː(r)tɪ'zæn]

US:  [baɪ'pɑrtɪzən]

adj.

1.两党的;代表两党的;获得两党支持的

1 . It makes no gesture, however small, however costless to its larger agenda, of a bipartisan approach to the great questions it addresses.
在它所试图解决的重大问题上，它没有做出任何准备采取两党合作方式的表示，不论这些表示对其更宽泛的议程来说，是多么微小、代价是多么低。

2 . The point of our bipartisan legislation is not to punish any one country, but to encourage all countries to follow international rules.
我们的两党提案的要点，不是要惩罚哪个国家，而是要鼓励所有的国家都遵守国际规则。

3 . Congress returns from recess on Tuesday, and bipartisan groups in the House and Senate have been trying to hash out compromise deals.
美国国会周二结束了休会期，参众两院的两党小组正在努力展开认真的讨论，以求达成妥协性协议。

4 . There has been an air of civility and bipartisan co-operation around health reform so far, but it may not last long.
目前为止，在医疗改革的问题上，已经有了彬彬有礼和两党合作的气氛，但好景可能不长。

5 . In the case of at least one proposal reportedly included in the Senate package, bipartisan support actually seems to prove the opposite.
根据报道，在参院的一揽子方案中包括至少一项提议，两党的支持实际上使得上述希望落空。