AS IT IS 2016-03-05 Republicans Trade Insults at Latest Debate

AS IT IS 2016-03-05 Republicans Trade Insults at Latest Debate

Candidates traded insults, yelling, screaming, interrupting and mean talk at the latest Republican Party debate.

The debate, on Thursday evening in Detroit, was filled with yelling and personal insults.

Party front-runner Donald Trump¹ debated with Senators Ted² Cruz and Marco Rubio, and Ohio Governor John Kasich.

The candidates questioned the other candidates’ manhood. Trump called Rubio, “little Marco.” Rubio earlier in the week said Trump had small hands.

New York businessman Trump called Cruz “lying Ted.” Rubio looked at Trump and told him he mocks everybody. Trump returned an insult by calling Rubio, a “lightweight” and “a real con³ artist.”

Cruz and Rubio took the verbal fight to Trump. Cruz accused Trump of being “someone who has used government power for private gain.” Rubio said Trump is “trying to con people into giving him their vote.”

Cruz belittled⁴ Trump, saying: “I think that the American people understand that yelling and cursing at people doesn’t make you a tough guy.”

Kasich was low-key and stayed out of the verbal fight. He is trailing by a large margin⁵ in the polls.

“I have never tried to go and get into these kinds of scrums that we are seeing here,” Kasich said. “People say, wherever I go, ‘You seem to be the adult on stage.’ ”

Words in This Story

Republican Party – n. one of the two major U.S. political parties

front-runner – n. the person or thing that is most likely to win a race or competition

yelling – v. to say something very loudly especially because you are angry, surprised or trying to get someone's attention

interrupting - v. stopping the progress of an activity

mock – v. to laugh at or make fun of someone or something especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking

lightweight – n. someone or something that has little importance or power

con artist – n. a person who tricks other people in order to get their money

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 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

4 belittled   

使显得微小，轻视，贬低( belittle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements. 她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。
• A poor but honest man is not to be belittled. 穷而诚实的人是不该让人小看的。

5 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。