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mandate 명령하다 권한을 주다

Biden announces new US vaccine mandates to ‘turn the tide of Covid-19'.

• subject[주어진 것]주제, 문제, 학과, 과목, 될 수 있는
• object[목적이 된 것]물건, 물체, 욕망, 연구, 관심 등의 대상, 반대하다
• abject극도로 비참한, 절망적인, 비굴한

• Nearly 100m US workers to be subject to vaccine requirements

• strive분투하다
• struggle 싸우다
• strike 치다
• contrive용케 하다, 성사시키다, 고안하다, 획책하다
• cut and contrive잘 꾸려 나가다

Joe Biden, striving to restore public confidence in his handling of the pandemic, announced new vaccination mandates on Thursday for 100 million workers, about two-thirds of the American labour force.

channel 채널 물길 수로 해협 수단 쏟다

canal 수로 운하 관

• reprimand 질책하다
• reprieve형 집행을 취소하다, 취소하다, 형 집행 취소
• reprisal보복, 앙갚음
• reprise반복 부분
• reprice값을 다시 매기다

Channeling national frustration as the virus surges back, the US president adopted his sternest tone yet in reprimanding the tens of millions of Americans who are still not vaccinated against the coronavirus.

backdrop 무대의 배경막 

cram 밀어넣다 쑤셔넣다

clamp 죔쇠 클램프

high/low-profile 세간의 이목을 끄는

profile 개요 옆모습 약력

claw 발톱 할퀴다

crow 까마귀

Biden’s speech in the state dining room of the White House, against a backdrop of Abraham Lincoln’s portrait and with watching reporters crammed tightly, was seen as a high-profile attempt to claw back momentum and offer reassurance to Americans feeling despair about whether the pandemic will ever end.

The president unveiled a six-pronged strategy, relying on regulatory powers and other steps.

갈래/계단 걸음 움직임 조치 음정

He said the Department of Labor is developing an emergency temporary standard that will require all employers with more than 100 employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly.

We’re going to reduce the spread of Covid-19 by increasing the share of the workforce that is vaccinated in businesses all across America.”노동력

provoke 유발하다 화나게하다(1300-1400) French provoquer, from Latin provocare, from vocare “to call”

The move provoked instant criticism from conservatives sceptical of government overreach.도를 넘다

reimbursement 배상 보상 상환 갚음

imburse 모으다 돈을 지불하다

burse 작은 주머니 포낭

purse 지갑

Medicaid or Medicare 빈민의료사업 노인의료사업

The administration will also require all workers in healthcare settings that receive Medicaid or Medicare reimbursement be vaccinated, a move that applies to 50,000 providers and covers more than 17 million healthcare workers. 

toughen 강화하다

The move represents a toughening of measures that Biden announced in late July, requiring federal workers to offer proof of vaccination or submit to regular testing and physical distancing measures in the workplace.

nod 고개를 끄덕이다( shake one's head 고개를 가로젓다)

arenas 경기장 무대

patron 후원자 홍보대사 고객

In another nod to public desire for life to get back to normal, the president called on entertainment venues such as sports arenas and big concert halls to require that patrons be vaccinated or show a negative test for entry.

contagious 전염성의 

contact 접촉

intransigence 비타협적 태도

transaction 거래

transformation 변화 변형  

Biden seemed to be on course to effectively defeat the virus in early July, but has been accused of underestimating the highly contagious Delta variant and the intransigence of millions of unvaccinated Americans.

shambolic 난장판인 지저분한

shame 부끄러운

• conflict갈등, 물리적 충돌, 상충하다
• inflict가하다
• afflict괴롭히다, 피해를 입히다

The fresh wave, combined with America’s shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan, threatens to inflict lasting political damage on Biden and derail his ambitious legislative agenda. 

His approval rating has dipped below 50% in opinion polls. 담그다 내려가다

rebuke 질책하다 Old North French rebuker, from bukier “to hit, cut down”

The second prong of the new plan aims to offer further protection for the more than 175 million people who are already fully vaccinated. 갈래  

only nine states have such measures in place. 가동중인 가동할 준비가 되어있는

Mask mandates have become a toxic political issue, with the Republican governors of some states, such as Florida and Texas, seeking to ban them only to face dissent from some school districts and legal challenges. 

• eligible을 가질 수 있는, 신랑감으로 좋은
• negligible무시해도 될 정도의
• ineligible자격이 없는, 부적격의

About 45 million children under the age of 12 are not yet eligible for vaccination.

Right now, local school officials are trying to keep children safe in a pandemic while their governor picks a fight with them and even threatens their salaries or their jobs. 고르다 뽑다 선택하다

I will use my powers as president to get them out of the way.”나는 대통령으로서 그들을 따돌리기위해 내 권력을 사용할 것이다.

backfill 되메우다 보전하다

withhold 주지않다

• implement시행하다, 도구
• complement보완하다, 덧붙이다, 보완물, 금상첨화격 요소
• supplement보충, 증보판, 보충하다

He promised that the Department of Education will make additional funding available to help local school districts backfill salaries and other funding where it has been withheld by state leaders for implementing safety measures.

• dominant우세한, 지배적인, 우성의
• predominant두드러진, 뚜렷한, 우세한, 지배적인 
• predominantly 대부분

Most of the spread and the vast majority of severe illness and death is occurring among those not yet fully vaccinated against the virus, predominantly in areas that voted for Donald Trump in last year’s presidential election.