前陣子聽英國廣播,聽到這則醜聞 - Government writes off £1.4bn of PPE from Covid deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cll476qzm85o
上網查文瞭解更多訊息,卻看到一個職稱 - The shadow health secretary
儘管所有單字都認得,但拼湊出來就是不知道shadow在這邊是什麼意思。
上網爬文,也一無所獲。
只好請教英國朋友。
還好活字典立刻回復,幫我解惑:
"The shadow cabinet contains the members of the main opposition party
who are responsible for speaking on the areas that the corresponding
government ministers are in charge of. So the shadow health secretary