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儒琴英语词组（English Phrase of the Day）
defer to sb/sth
动词词组： phrasal verb with defer verb [ T ]formal
英语解释
to allow someone or something to make decisions for you or tell you what to do because of your respect for them or because of their higher rank, authority, knowledge, etc.； to allow (someone else) to decide or choose something；defer to (something) : to agree to follow (someone else’s decision, a tradition, etc.)
中文解释：
听从，顺从，遵从；同意遵循；尊重；
原文举例
Wall Street Journal: “President Biden envisions long-term federal spending claiming its biggest share of the American economy in decades. He wants to pay for that program in part by charging the highest-earning Americans the biggest tax rates they’ve faced in years…”
“It all marks a major turning point for economic policy. The gamble underlying the agenda is a belief that government can be a primary driver for growth. It’s an attempt to recalibrate assumptions that have shaped economic policy of both parties since the 1980s: that the public sector is inherently less efficient than the private, and bureaucrats should generally defer to markets.”March 31, 2021
华尔街日报:“拜登总统预计，长期的联邦支出将在未来几十年占据美国经济的最大份额。他想通过向收入最高的美国人征收他们多年来面临的最高税率来为这个项目买单。”
“这一切都标志着经济政策的一个重大转折点。这项议程背后的赌博是相信政府可以成为经济增长的主要推动力。这是一次重新校准自20世纪80年代以来塑造两党经济政策的假设的尝试:即公共部门天生不如私人部门高效，官僚们通常应该服从市场。”2021年3月31日
