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In an op-ed published Monday in Quartz, Melinda Gates announced that she and husband, Bill Gates are pledging $170 million to help empower women economically around the world.
周一，在一篇发表于“Quartz”的专栏中梅琳达·盖茨宣布，她和丈夫比尔·盖茨承诺投入1.7亿美元，帮助全球女性获得经济权利;#NH]*Z6LX11j。
Melinda writes that the money, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be spent over four years "to help women exercise their economic power."
梅琳达写道，这些来自“比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会”的钱将在未来四年内用于“帮助女性行使她们的经济权ODBESl-cTAn0IZVN6TwS。”

She then adds, "Women acting on their own can do what all the philanthropic organizations in the world can never accomplish:
她还说道：“自主的女性能够做到世界上任何慈善组织永远都无法做到的事：
change the unwritten rule that women are lesser than men.
改变女性不如男性这个不成文的规定oG|u8Uu9-sWx。
Our role, as we see it, is to make targeted investments that give women the opportunity to write new rules."
如我们所见，我们的角色就是进行定向投资，给予女性书写新规定的机会g66bhZLE)akKYpkb,B。”

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词语解释

1.empower v. 授权；准许

例句：Empowering the underprivileged lies in assuring them that education holds the real source of power.
帮助贫困人民就要让他们相信教育是真正的力量源泉ZYbri1BDLf@&r!。

2.philanthropic a. 慈善的；捐助的

例句：Some of the best services for the ageing are sponsored by philanthropic organizations.
一些一流老人服务机构是由慈善组织资助的~lVL*%~H*n-oO。