Piling on higher taxes won't help, "If higher taxes make it more expensive to raise children," says Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, "people will think twice about having another child.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
N-COUNT
(房屋、橋梁等的)樁,樁結(jié)構(gòu)
Pilings are wooden, concrete, or metal posts which are pushed into the ground and on which buildings or bridges are built. Pilings are often used in very wet areas so that the buildings do not flood.
例句
...bridges set on stone pilings.架在石樁上的橋梁
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure