Senator Sarbanes expressed concern that programs designed to soften the blow of unemployment are not working well.是什么意思？

Senator Sarbanes expressed concern that programs designed to soften the blow of unemployment are not working well.

旨在緩解失業沖擊的項目進展得并不太順利，參議員薩班斯對此表示關切。

senator

n. 參議員；

例句
Her conqueror, Senator Pete Wilson, is a diffident, moderate man.
擊敗她的參議員皮特·威爾遜是一個謙卑的溫和派人士。

Sarbanes

[人名] 薩班斯；

例句
Senator Sarbanes expressed concern that programs designed to soften the blow of unemployment are not working well.
旨在緩解失業沖擊的項目進展得并不太順利，參議員薩班斯對此表示關切。

expressed

v. 表達( express的過去式和過去分詞 )，（用符號等）表示，榨，[express oneself]（如在說話、寫作或繪畫中）表達（自己）的意見；

例句
He expressed his appreciation for what he called Saudi Arabia's moderate and realistic oil policies.
他表示很感激沙特阿拉伯推行的被他稱作穩健而務實的石油政策。

concern

vt. 涉及，關系到，使關心，使擔憂，參與；n. 關心，關系，有關，顧慮，公司或企業；

例句
Several studies point to a real cause for concern over the adequacy of the diet eaten by British children.
針對英國兒童膳食質量的擔憂，數份研究將矛頭指向了同一根源。

that

det. 那個，那；pron. 那個，那；conj. 多么，如此…以至，用于某些動詞、形容詞和名詞后，引出各種從句；adv. 不那么，那樣；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我們所見的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂貴化妝品

programs

n. 程序( program的名詞復數 )，編碼指令，[生物學]（作為生物的一部分的）密碼指令序列，節目單；v. （像計算機程序那樣）預先確定( program的第三人稱單數 )，為（計算機）編制程序，為…提供生物程序，（在生物體的程序中）把…譯成遺傳密碼；

例句
...a variety of government programs benefiting children.
有益于兒童的各種政府項目

designed

adj. 有計劃的，原意的；v. 設計，繪制( design的過去式和過去分詞 )，設計，計劃，企圖；

例句
This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne...
這本文集是為配合在科隆舉辦的一場展覽而出的。

to

prep. 向，朝著，到，關于，屬于；adv. 朝一個方向的，到某種狀態，關閉；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建議你把它留給專家來解決。

soften

vt. （使）溫和，使緩和，減輕，變柔

例句
Senator Sarbanes expressed concern that programs designed to soften the blow of unemployment are not working well.
旨在緩解失業沖擊的項目進展得并不太順利，參議員薩班斯對此表示關切。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指說話人與聽者已知的人（物），用于獨一無二的事物前，與形容詞最高級和序數詞連用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他對該國的確知之甚多。

blow

n. 毆打，打擊，吹風，一陣風，意外的災害，吹奏（聲）；vt.& vi. （風）吹，（輪胎等）爆炸；vt. 吹，吹氣，使爆炸，奏出，演奏，使氣喘；vi. 吹刮，吹動，隨風飄動，鳴叫，喘氣；

例句
I think the decision was a bitter blow from which he never quite recovered...
我想這個決定對他是個沉重的打擊，從此以后他一蹶不振。

of

prep. 關于，屬于…的，由…制成；aux. 助動詞 [非標準用語、方言] =have [主用于虛擬語氣]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他對該國的確知之甚多。

unemployment

n. 失業，失業率，失業狀況，失業人數；

例句
He will appeal to the state for an extension of unemployment benefits...
他將呼吁國家延長領取失業救濟金的時限。

are

vi. （用于第二人稱單復數現在時，第一、三人稱復數現在時）是；n. 公畝（等于100平方米）；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我們不敢放縱自己的情感，以免顯得太過軟弱或缺乏自制。

not

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否認、拒絕、禁止等]不是，幾乎不，未必，沒有[用于否定后面的詞或短語]；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事實已經很清楚，這件事不是偶發的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。

working

adj. （涉及）工作的，（人）有工作的，（時間）用于工作上的，（想法等）可作為基礎的；v. （使）工作( work的現在分詞)，（使）運作，運轉，（使）產生效果；n. 工作，活動，制作，操縱；

例句
The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.
工人們最近一直在呼吁縮短工作時間。許多公司于是轉成了一周五天工作制。

well

adv. 好，很，好意地，高高興興地；adj. 健康的，井的，良好的，恰當的；int. （用于表示驚訝，疑慮，接受等）；n. 泉，源泉，水井；vi. （液體）涌出，流出，涌流，涌上；vt. 涌出，噴出；

例句
He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland...
他對于法國、德國和荷蘭的文學了如指掌。

...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飛機減速的螺旋形氣流渦旋

You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我隨后就來。

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打兒子的,是恨惡他;疼愛兒子的, 趁早管教.

For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
詳情請致電414 3925,轉分機2253。

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。

Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切爾女男爵的主張在很多人看來是可信的。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收獲。

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
該法令迫使工會推遲罷工。

The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索權當有支付義務的第一方不能支付時，可以向商業票據的背書人要求支付的權力。

He ruptured himself playing football.
他踢足球引發了疝氣。

The roses wilted the day after she bought them...
她買的玫瑰第二天就凋謝了。

The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle.
汽車的功率越大，就越難駕馭。

I've been wondering if you yourselves have any idea why she came.
我一直在想，你們自己是否知道她為什么來。

My father built me a playhouse.
父親給我建了一個兒童游戲房。

History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.
歷史敘述把大屠殺簡縮成了冷冰冰的數字。

He is at least content that there will be no immediate use of force...
至少他對不會即時使用暴力感到滿意。

...a sensational book in which she damns the ultra-right party.
她在其中大力鞭撻該極右黨派的聳人聽聞的書

...lurid '50s pulp novels.
50年代粗制濫造的低俗小說