n. 民主,民主制,民主国家
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- Mr Trump is also wilfully divisive.
- 特朗普还故意制造分裂。
- All politicians attack their opponents, but presidents see it as their duty to unite the country after a tragedy.
- 政客们都攻击对手,但总统本应在悲剧之后将团结国家视为己任。
- Only Mr Trump would think the Tree of Life synagogue shooting a chance to hit back at the media and the Democrats for criticising him.
- 只有特朗普这位总统会认为犹太教堂“生命之树”枪击案是反击批评他的媒体和民主党的机会。
- Only he would suggest that, rather than tone down his explosive rhetoric, he might just "tone it up".
- 只有他会认为,相比缓和爆炸性言论,他可能只会“加强语气”。
- Such divisiveness matters because, when your opponents are simply bad people, the compromise that is the foundation of all healthy politics becomes hard within parties and almost impossible between them.
- 这种分裂影响很大,因为当认为对手是坏人时,妥协——所有健康政治的基础,在政党内部很难达成,而不同政党间更是天方夜谭。
- Mr Trump is not the only politician to wallow in division—just the most powerful and one of the most accomplished.
- 特朗普并不是唯一沉溺于分裂的政客——只是最有权势最有成就的。
- Before he was elected, more than half of Democrats told pollsters that they were afraid of Republicans and almost half of Republicans said the same about Democrats.
- 在他当选之前,超过半数民主党人对民调机构说他们害怕共和党,几乎半数共和党人也说他们害怕民主党。
- After a Republican congressman was shot by an unstable gunman last summer, leading Democrats expressed "outrage" at the idea that their rhetoric had played any part.
- 去年夏天,一名共和党国会议员被一名激进的持枪分子开枪击中,随后,民主党领导人就对“是因为民主党的花言巧语起了作用”的这种说法表达了愤怒之情。
- Yet they used the attempted bombings and the synagogue shooting to begin a debate about the precise degree of presidential responsibility for domestic terrorism.
- 但是民主党利用未遂炸弹案以及犹太教堂枪击案,引发了一场关于总统对国内恐怖主义应负多少责任的辩论。
- America's democracy is robust—it was designed to be.
- 美国的民主是强大的——创建之始意图如此。
- However, one by one, its institutions are being infected with toxic polarisation.
- 然而,相关机构相继都被有毒的两极分化感染了。
- Congress caught the bug in the 1990s, when Newt Gingrich was Speaker.
- 20世纪90年代,纽特·金瑞奇时任议长,国会发现了这一问题。
- The media have also fallen victim to partisan scepticism—certainly among audiences, if not also among contributors.
- 媒体也成了党派间互相猜忌的受害者——要么是媒体人,要么是观众。
- Just 11% of strong Trump supporters believe the mainstream media, whereas 91% of them trust Mr Trump, a CBS News poll found in the summer.
- 哥伦比亚广播新闻今年夏天的一项民调发现,在特朗普的坚定支持者中,只有11%相信主流媒体,而91%相信特朗普。
- Among Democrats those beliefs tend to be reversed.
- 在民主党中,则恰恰相反。
- Now the Supreme Court is perceived to be partisan, too.
- 现在,最高法院也被认为卷入了党派之争。
- Democrats see the recent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the court as the ramming through of a partisan who has lied, possibly about a sexual assault, and who will be incapable of putting the law above his party.
- 近期布雷特·卡瓦诺宣誓就职最高法院,民主党将其视为一个强行通过的共和党人士,认为卡瓦诺可能在性侵问题上撒谎、且将法律凌驾于其政党之上。
- Republicans, by contrast, see it as a triumph over a monstrous Democratic conspiracy to keep a decent man down.
- 相反,共和党把它看作是意图压制正派人的大阴谋的粉碎。
- A dishonest executive, conniving with a fawning legislature and empowered by a partisan judiciary: were it to come to that, America truly would be in grave trouble.
- 一位不诚实的总统,和一个奉承讨好的立法机构共谋,由一位共和党法官授权:如果到了那种地步,美国真的会陷入严重的麻烦。

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1.tone down 使缓和
The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.
这位言辞激烈的右翼领导人在会后缓和了他的好战言辞 。
2.tone up 使更旺盛(健康等)
More exercise and a change of diet will tone up your body.
多进行锻炼并改变饮食会使你身强体壮 。
3.wallow in 沉溺
His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity.
他疲惫的心灵继续沉溺于自怜之中 。
4.keep down 压制
No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down.
不管女性如何试图改善自己的境遇,总有障碍或看法压制她们 。
5.connive with 共谋
Senior politicians connived to ensure that he was not released.
资深政客们共谋以确保他不被获释 。
6.empower someone 使能够
You must delegate effectively and empower people to carry out their roles with your full support.
你们必须有效地下放权力,使人们能够在你们的全力支持下履行他们的职责 。
重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
democracy | [di'mɔkrəsi] | 联想记忆 | ||
effectively | [i'fektivli] | |||
legislature | ['ledʒisleitʃə] | 联想记忆 | ||
executive | [ig'zekjutiv] | |||
delegate | ['deligit] | 联想记忆 | ||
compromise | ['kɔmprəmaiz] | 联想记忆 | ||
unstable | ['ʌn'steibl] | |||
victim | ['viktim] | |||
politician | [.pɔli'tiʃən] | 联想记忆 | ||
fawning | ['fɔ:niŋ] |

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