本帖最后由 Alert! 于 2009-9-16 12:52 编辑
But if young people slip through the cracks -- or if Congress, facing political pressure, provides generous exemptions from the mandate -- then the government and people who buy coverage will face higher costs.
上面是摘自今天华盛顿邮报的一部分,里面的mandate到底该怎么翻译呢???
About 52 percent of young adults support the idea of the individual mandate, about the same proportion as in other age groups.
这里的individual mandate 是“个人自行决定”的意思吗?
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