挺希or挺特？1/4美国青年宁可地球毁灭

 　　如果问一个美国年轻人是支持希拉里呢？还是支持特朗普？很可能每四个人里就会有一个人会告诉你，Ta宁可“让一颗巨大的流星毁灭地球”，也不愿意这二位中的任何一位当选。

　　Young Americans are so dissatisfied with their choices in this presidential election that nearly one in four told an opinion poll they would rather have a giant meteor destroy the Earth than see Donald Trump¹ or Hillary Clinton in the White House.

　　美国年轻人对本次总统大选中的选择非常不满意，以至于民调中有近1/4的人表示他们宁愿让一颗巨大的流星毁灭地球，也不愿意看到唐纳德?特朗普或者希拉里?克林顿入主白宫。

　　挺希or挺特？1/4美国青年宁可地球毁灭

　　The tongue-in-cheek question was intended to gauge² young Americans' level of unhappiness about their choices in the Nov. 8 election, said Joshua Dyck, co-director of UMass Lowell's Center for Public Opinion, which conducted the poll alongside Odyssey³ Millennials.

　　马萨诸塞州大学洛厄尔舆情中心与奥德赛千禧一代一同完成了该民调。中心负责人乔舒亚?戴克表示，这个玩笑式的调查目的是衡量美国年轻人对11月8日的选择的不满程度。

　　The choice alluded⁴ to the Twitter hashtag "#GiantMeteor2016," a reference to an imaginary presidential candidate used to express frustration⁵ about this year's election choices.

　　选择中提到了推特话题“超大流星2016”，将它比作假想总统候选人来表达对今年大选候选人的失望。

　　Some 53 percent of the 1,247 people aged⁶ 18 to 35 said they would prefer to see a meteor destroy the world than have Republican New York real estate developer Trump in the Oval Office, with some 34 percent preferring planetary annihilation to seeing the Democratic former Secretary of State win.

　　在1247位年龄在18到35岁的人中，约53%的人表示他们宁愿看到一颗流星毁灭世界，也不愿看到共和党人纽约房地产开发商特朗普当上总统，有约34%的人宁愿行星灭绝，也不想看到民主党前国务卿获胜。

　　Some 39 percent said they would prefer that US President Barack Obama declare himself president for life than hand over power to Clinton or Trump, with 26 percent saying the nation would do better to select its next leader in a random⁷ lottery⁸.

　　约39%的人表示，他们宁可美国总统贝拉克?奥巴马宣布终身担任总统，也不希望克林顿或特朗普接替他。有26%的人表示随机抽签都能选出一位更好的下任总统。

　　Some 23 percent, nearly one in four, preferred the giant meteor outcome to either Trump or Clinton.

　　约23%（近1/4）的人宁愿选择巨大流星带来的后果，也不愿选择特朗普或克林顿。

　　"Obviously we don't think that they're serious," Dyck said in a phone interview on Tuesday. "The fact that one in four of our young people pick 'Giant Meteor' tells you something about the political disaffection that is being shown by American youth."

　　戴克18日在接受电话采访时表示，“显然，我们不认为他们是认真的。1/4的年轻人选择‘巨型流星'这件事传达给人们的是美国年轻人表现出来的政治不满。”

　　That contrasts with the surge of participation⁹ by young voters that helped propel Obama into the White House for his first term in the 2008 election.

　　相比之下，在2008年奥巴马的第一任期选举中，支持他的年轻投票者的参与度激增，为他入主白宫助力。

　　When asked to choose between the actual candidates, Clinton easily led Trump with 54 percent of respondents to 21 percent in a two-way race.

　　当被问及在真正的候选人中选谁时，克林顿在二人竞赛中轻松取胜，54%的受访者支持克林顿，21%的受访者支持特朗普。

　　In a four-way race also including Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Clinton led with 48 percent support, to Trump's 20 percent, Johnson's 10 percent and Stein's 4 percent.

　　在还包括自由党人加里?约翰逊和绿党候选人吉尔?史坦的四人竞赛中，克林顿以48%的支持率领先，特朗普、约翰逊和史坦的支持率分别为20%、10%和4%。

　　In national polls surveying the whole population, Clinton is leading Trump, but not by nearly as much.

　　在全国民调中，克林顿领先特朗普，但没有领先那么多。

　　The poll, conducted Oct. 10-13, intentionally¹⁰ included a large number of people seen as unlikely to vote, with just 680 described as likely voters. It had a margin¹¹ of error of 3.2 percent.

　　这项民调是在10月10日至13日进行的，其中刻意包含了一大批被认为不可能投票的人，被认为可能投票的人仅有680位。其误差率在3.2%。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 gauge   

v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器

参考例句：

• Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

3 odyssey   

n.长途冒险旅行；一连串的冒险

参考例句：

• The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16-hour odyssey.去特拉夫尼克的这段路是长达16小时艰险旅行的最后一程。
• His odyssey of passion, friendship,love,and revenge was now finished.他的热情、友谊、爱情和复仇的漫长历程，到此结束了。

4 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

5 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

6 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

7 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

8 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

9 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

10 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

11 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。