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  1. 1n/ˌdʌbəljuː tiː ˈsiː/Working Tax Credit（英國）工作稅額補助

    正式A short way of writing Working Tax Credit: money that the British government pays to people who have a job but earn only a small amount.

    這是英國的制度用語。WTC = Working Tax Credit。意思是：你有工作，但收入不高，政府會補一筆錢給你。名字裡有 tax（稅），是因為它屬於英國稅務系統的一部分，不是薪水的一種。台灣的讀者多半是在英國的新聞、政府網站或申請表上看到它。看到 WTC 這三個字母時，要先看文章在談什麼：談稅和補助，就是這個意思；談紐約或大樓，就是世貿中心。

    示範例句 · Example

    She checked whether her working hours were enough to claim WTC.

    中文翻譯她確認了她的工作時數是否足夠去申請工作稅額補助。

    This one belongs to the British benefits system, and the three letters stand for Working Tax Credit. The idea is that you are working, but your pay is low, so the state adds money to it. The word tax is in the name because the payment belongs to the tax system rather than being a normal wage. You meet these three letters on forms, on government pages and in news writing about pay and benefits, so the subject of the text is what tells you which WTC is meant.

    常見搭配

    • claim WTC

      申請這項補助

      to apply for the payment

      Part-time workers may be able to claim WTC.

    • receive WTC

      領取這項補助

      to be paid the money

      Families receiving WTC were sent a letter.

    • be eligible for WTC

      符合領取資格

      to meet the rules for getting it

      You may be eligible for WTC if you work enough hours.

    意思相近

    Working Tax Credittax credit

  2. 2n/ˌdʌbəljuː tiː ˈsiː/World Trade Center世貿中心（紐約）

    A short way of writing the World Trade Center: the group of office buildings in New York City, and the place in the city where they stand.

    WTC 是 World Trade Center 三個字的開頭字母，唸的時候三個字母分開唸。它指的是紐約市的世界貿易中心。原本最有名的是兩棟很高的塔樓，在 2001 年 9 月 11 日的事件中倒塌。後來在同一塊地重建，新的主樓叫 One World Trade Center，也常寫成 One WTC。所以現在 WTC 既可以指那些大樓，也可以指那一塊地點。地鐵站和附近的路標也用這三個字母。在美國的新聞裡，沒特別說明時 WTC 多半就是指紐約這一個。

    The three letters stand for the first letters of World Trade Center, and you say them one by one. It names one particular site in Lower Manhattan. The two very tall towers that stood there came down on 11 September 2001, and new buildings were later put up on the same ground; the main one is called One World Trade Center, often written One WTC. Because of all this, WTC now names both the buildings and the place, so you also meet it in the names of a station and of nearby streets and stops.

    常見搭配

    • at the WTC

      在（紐約）世貿中心那裡

      at that place in New York

      We met a friend at the WTC.

    • One WTC

      一號世貿中心（主樓）

      the main tower on the site

      One WTC is visible from the river.

    • the WTC site

      世貿中心那塊基地

      the piece of land where the buildings stand

      Work on the WTC site continued for years.

    意思相近

    World Trade CenterOne World Trade Center