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According to Gizmodo.com, "Earlier this July,
据美国知名科技博客Gizmodo报道：“今年七月早些时候，
the pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced price jumps for many of its brand name drugs,
美国的辉瑞制药公司宣布大幅上调其多个品牌药物的价格，
including the smoking cessation aid Chantix and the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra."
其中包括戒烟药伐尼克兰和勃起功能障碍药物万艾可ZzHfL~L![[IaJ%nUS,g。”
Quickly after this announcement, they went back on their word
声明发布后不久，
after President Donald Trump criticized them for their business decision on Twitter.
唐纳德·特朗普总统就在推特上批评了辉瑞制药的经营决策80dpS2tOSZDxf。之后，辉瑞制药就食言了N~@eHS57#O。
He even spoke to the company's CEO, Ian Read, directly.

他更是直接跟该制药公司CEO晏·瑞德进行了谈话7pJ6F)cP4Cn5&_XLva~。

Gizmodo explained, "Trump has long pledged to tackle drug prices...
Gizmodo解释道：“唐纳德·特朗普长久以来一直承诺要处理高药价的问题，
he and his administration have still sworn to finally knock Big Pharma down a peg
特朗普和他的政权仍旧宣誓要打倒大型制药公司，
and pop the ballooning costs of life-saving medications."
并且减少不断高涨的救命药的花费XGf_5(|aRK2Y)K。”

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词汇解析

1、criticize

批评，指责；

I have to confess that I learnt a lot from him, though he often criticized and instructed meabout job.
我必须承认我从他的身上学到了很多，尽管他经常批评我的工作2e5,pWJqAz[j。

2、pledge

保证，发誓；
"I pledge to you that I will end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home and take care of ourveterans the way they should be cared for!" she said.
克林顿说：“向你们保证我将结束伊拉克战争，让我们的部队返回家园，并将使得我们的退役军人得到他们应有的照顾qf^%Oas)qNW_.p_9y9。”