今天我們要學的詞是 hand off. Hand off 的愿意是橄欖球中的傳球,引申下來就是交出、傳遞意思。Former US President Obama claimed that he “handed off” a booming economy to President Trump at a recent rally for Democrats in Las Vegas, NV. 美國前總統奧巴馬在拉斯維加斯一次民主黨人集會上表示,是他留給了特朗普總統一個蒸蒸日上的經濟。House minority leader Nancy Pelosi says she'd want to stay minority leader through 2020, leaving unclear when and if she'd be willing to hand off the gavel. 眾議院少數黨領袖佩洛西說,她想要留任到2020年,但沒有表明她將何時以及是否愿意交出領導權。
n. (法官所用的)槌,小木槌 n. (中世紀英國的)貢