纽约时报 乌克兰成为2020年美国大选的角逐点(5)

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey¹, whose campaign manager on Friday

新泽西州参议员科里·布克——周五，他的竞选经理发布了一份备忘录，

released a memo² stating he would have to drop out of the race

声明如果科里·布克未能在9月底前筹集到170万美元的资金，

if he failed to raise $1.7 million before the end of September, remarked that “this is not a partisan³ issue.”

届时就只能退出选举——对此表示，“这不是党派问题。”

He and former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas reiterated⁴ their calls for Mr. Trump⁵ to be impeached⁶.

他与德克萨斯州前众议员贝托·奥罗克二人再次呼吁弹劾特朗普。

Even if Mr. Biden’s primary competitors don’t take direct aim,

即便拜登的主要竞争对手没有直接针对拜登，

the perception of Mr. Biden’s son leveraging⁷ his connections cuts a stark⁸ contrast with two leading rivals,

但对拜登的儿子利用拜登的人脉为自己谋利的猜测还是在拜登和他的两大对手，

Ms. Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders, who have centered their candidacies around a fierce populist message of rooting out corruption⁹ in Washington.

参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和伯尼·桑德斯之间划了一条鲜明的分界线，而二者竞选的核心主题就是根除华盛顿政坛的腐败作风这一极其民粹主义的理念。

It’s a message that worked in 2016 for Mr. Trump,

2016年美国大选时，这一理念就在特朗普身上起效了，

who cast Ms. Clinton as the avatar of establishment self-dealing,

当时，特朗普将希拉里·克林顿塑造成了一个假公济私，

a past-her-prime creature of Washington unable to adjust to the times and to produce real change.

一个已经日薄西山，无法适应时代变化，带来真正的变革的华盛顿政客的代表。

Mr. Biden’s team is acutely aware of that comparison.

拜登团队敏锐地察觉到了这一差别。

After Mr. Biden initially¹⁰ gave only a meager¹¹ retort on the Ukraine issue Friday, his campaign decided¹² to go further.

周五，拜登就乌克兰问题只做出了轻微的反驳，之后，他的竞选团队决定加大反驳力度。

Sensing an opportunity to highlight Mr. Trump’s fixation with Mr. Biden,

看到了拿特朗普紧咬拜登不放一事大作文章的机会，

his campaign released a statement in his name,

他们便以拜登的名义发表了一份声明，

condemning¹³ the president for “abhorrent” conduct and demanding Mr. Trump release the transcript¹⁴ of his call with the Ukrainian leader

谴责总统的举止“令人憎恶”，要求其公布与乌克兰领导人通话录音文本，

and allow the director of national intelligence to release the whistle-blower’s claims to Congress.

还要求特朗普允许国家情报总监向国会公布举报人的声明。

Advisers¹⁵ to Mr. Biden said his initial reluctance¹⁶ to comment reflected his prudence¹⁷

拜登的顾问表示，拜登最初不愿发表评论，是因为他对讨论敏感的国家安全问题十分谨慎，

about discussing sensitive national security matters rather than unease with the work of his son in Ukraine.

而非对他儿子在乌克兰工作感到不安。

But the former vice¹⁸ president is highly sensitive about questions regarding his family,

然而，这位前副总统对有关其家庭的问题颇为敏感，

and it was not until several outlets¹⁹ reported on what Mr. Trump said in the phone call last month

直到几家媒体报道了特朗普上个月的通话录音内容，

that the Biden campaign determined²⁰ it should try to go on the offensive.

拜登的竞选团队才决定应该继续向特朗普进攻。

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

3 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

4 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

5 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。

6 impeached   

v.控告（某人）犯罪( impeach的过去式和过去分词 )；弹劾；对（某事物）怀疑；提出异议

参考例句：

• Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 leveraging   

促使…改变( leverage的现在分词 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• De-leveraging is a painful process: it has barely begun. 去杠杆化是个痛苦的过程：它才刚刚开始。
• Archimedes said, saying: Give me a fulcrum, I can leveraging the Earth. 阿基米德说过一句话：给我一个支点，我可以撬动地球。

8 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

9 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

10 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

11 meager   

adj.缺乏的，不足的，瘦的

参考例句：

• He could not support his family on his meager salary.他靠微薄的工资无法养家。
• The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal.两个男人同一个女人围着火，开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

13 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

14 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

15 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

16 reluctance   

n.厌恶，讨厌，勉强，不情愿

参考例句：

• The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
• He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。

17 prudence   

n.谨慎，精明，节俭

参考例句：

• A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题。
• The happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.幸运者都把他们的成功归因于谨慎或功德。

18 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

19 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

20 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。