每日長難句 182

原句：

But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the United States trade representative opening an investigation into whether the tax discriminates against American companies, which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France.

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生詞：

spark v. 引發(fā)，觸發(fā)；產(chǎn)生火花（電火花）；點(diǎn)燃；

significant adj. 重要的，意義重大的

representative n. 代表

open an investigation into… 開展調(diào)查…

discriminate v. 歧視

in turn 反過來；輪流

lead to sth. 導(dǎo)致，引起

trade sanctions against… 對……貿(mào)易制裁

sanction n. 制裁

分析：

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