美国有线新闻 CNN 拜登赢得选举人团投票 特朗普仍不承认败选

Across the United States votes were cast yesterday in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. But Carl, you might be asking. Didn't that happen on November 3rd?

昨天美国各地举行了2020年总统大选投票。但大家可能会问，卡尔，11月3日不是已经举行投票了吗？

Yes. But Americans do not directly choose their president, they choose electors. Members of the Electoral College who cast the final votes for president and those electors met nationwide yesterday to formally certify¹ each state's results. This is all part of the Constitutional election process that happens every four years. It's getting more attention this time around because the results of the 2020 presidential election have been disputed.

没错。但美国公民并不是直接选举总统，而是选出选举人。昨天，最终投票选举总统的选举团成员和选举人在美国各地举行会议，正式确认每个州的选举结果。这是每四年举行一次的宪法选举过程的一部分。由于2020年总统大选的结果一直存在争议，今年的会议备受关注。

Former Vice-President Joe Biden won the projected vote on election day. States were expected to certify his Electoral College win on Monday and those Electoral College votes will be sent to Congress which will formally count them next month. So is he officially the president-elect? Some experts say yes.

美国前副总统乔·拜登在选举日的投票中获胜。预计各州将在周一确认他在选举团投票中获胜，选举团的选票将送交国会，而国会将于下个月正式计票。那拜登正式当选总统了吗？一些专家认为他当选了。

That a candidate formally gets that title when the 50 states electoral votes are certified² but others say that happens when Congress officially counts them. Either way, Congress will have completed that step on January 6th.

在50个州的选举人票数得到认证时，候选人就正式当选总统，但其他人认为，只有在国会正式计算选票后，候选人才算是正式当选。不管怎样，国会将在1月6日完成这一过程。

When we produced this show yesterday though, President Donald Trump³ had not conceded the election. He says he's the rightful winner though he has authorized⁴ the government to start the transition process to the next administration. The lawsuits⁵ that the president and his supporters have filed have not been successful in overturning the results from several states. And yesterday, those states moved forward in making their results official.

我们昨天制作本期节目时，唐纳德·特朗普总统仍未承认败选。尽管他已经授权政府开始向下一届政府过渡，但他仍称自已是合法的获胜者。总统及其支持者提起了诉讼，但未能成功推翻多个州的选举结果。昨天，这些州在正式公布结果方面取得了进展。

1 certify   

vt.证明，证实；发证书(或执照)给

参考例句：

• I can certify to his good character.我可以证明他品德好。
• This swimming certificate is to certify that I can swim one hundred meters.这张游泳证是用以证明我可以游100米远。

2 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

3 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。

4 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

5 lawsuits   

n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
• I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句