(单词翻译:单击)
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According to Reuters, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has severed ties with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation as U.S. authorities investigate the Chinese firms for alleged sanctions violations.
据路透社报道，因为美国当局调查中国公司涉嫌违反制裁规定一事，麻省理工学院已经断绝了与华为和中兴的往来。
MIT is the latest top educational institution in the United States to unplug equipment made by Huawei and other Chinese companies to avoid losing federal funding.
为了避免失去联邦资助，美国顶尖教育机构麻省理工最近拔掉了华为和其他中国公司生产的设备。
Britain's Oxford University also stopped accepting funding from Huawei this year.
英国牛津大学今年也停止接受华为的资助。
Huawei issued a statement saying, "We're disappointed by MIT's decision, but we understand the pressure they're under at the moment."
华为发表声明称：“我们对麻省理工的决定感到失望，但是我们明白他们目前承受的压力。”
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词语解释
1.sever v. 断绝；中断
例句：He was able to sever all emotional bonds to his family.
他切断了和家人的所有感情纽带。
2.at the moment 当时；此刻，现在，目前
例句：We're suffering a triple whammy at the moment.
我们目前正遭受到了接二连三的打击。
