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Activists, immigrants and Amazon employees are planning actions against the e-commerce giant on its annual Prime Day, to protest against its labor practices and its involvement with US authorities' deportation efforts. The protests on Monday are set to take place in at least seven US cities, and will coincide with the yearly sale that made the company more than $4bn in 2018.
activist n. 積極分子;激進主義分子
giant n. 巨頭
同義詞:titan/tycoon/behemoth
protest against……: 抗議……(in protest at)
Amazon employees came out on strike in protest at the poor labor practices.
亞馬遜員工罷工以抗議惡劣的勞工待遇。
labor practices: (公司)對待勞動力的方式
deportation n. 驅逐出境
deport: vt. 驅逐出境,遣返回國
You might be deported from that country when your visa expired.
當你的簽證過期時就可能被遣返回國。
be set to do sth.: 即將做某事
coincide vi. 一致;同時發生
coincide with……: 同時發生
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