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The heads of some of the world's biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors.

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said the world "needs large" firms, while the heads of Facebook, Apple and Google argued their companies had spurred innovation.

The appearance comes as lawmakers consider tougher regulation and competition probes are under way.

語言點

head n. 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，負(fù)責(zé)人（leader）

defend against: 為……辯護

quash vt. 鎮(zhèn)壓，壓制（suppress）

(If something is quashed, it is completely suppressed usually by something or someone very powerful or authoritative.)

quash rebellion/protest: 鎮(zhèn)壓反叛/抗議

spur vt. 鼓勵，激勵（encourage）n. 刺激，推動力

probe n. 徹底調(diào)查（thorough investigation）

under way: 正在進行中

· If Congress doesn't bring fairness to Big Tech, which they should have done years ago, I will do it myself with Executive Orders.

如果國會沒有為民眾帶來公平，我就會下行政命令。

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