2020年经济学人 特朗普拒不承认败选,美国危矣(2)

The stalled transition is also a test for the president’s party. Never-Trump¹ Republicans had hoped the president would be dealt a stinging electoral rebuke², forcing a reckoning among accommodationist party grandees³. That did not happen. Down-ballot Republicans benefited from the high turnout among Mr Trump’s supporters, probably keeping control of the Senate and eroding⁴ the Democratic majority in the House. They also wiped out Democrats⁵ in state elections, bringing power over gerrymandering. “They think the ducking and accommodating of Trump without quite sounding like Trump—that worked fine,” says Bill Kristol, a conservative writer long opposed to the president.

停滞的过渡同样是对总统所在党派的考验。“绝不选特朗普”的共和党人曾希望总统受到有关选举的尖锐指责，从而迫使那些迁就特朗普的共和党政要们进行清算。但这并未发生。低票数的共和党人仰仗着特朗普支持者的高投票率，可能保住参议院的控制权，以及侵蚀民主党在众议院的多数席位。他们也在州选举中击败民主党人，获得不公正改划选区的权利。长期反对特朗普总统的保守派作家比尔·克里斯托尔表示：“他们认为，不予置评和迁就附和特朗普，而不用完全照搬特朗普的方式很管用。”

Most prominent Republicans still in office have continued to humour the president. “All legal ballots⁶ must be counted. Any illegal ballots must not be counted,” said Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate. The implication that there may be sufficient fraudulent ballots to alter the election’s outcome has so far proven to be baseless. Only a few exceptional Republicans, like Mitt⁷ Romney and Susan Collins, have acknowledged the results and congratulated Mr Biden.

大多数仍在任的共和党要员们仍在继续迁就总统。参议院共和党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔表示，“必须对所有合法选票进行清点，必须不能计入所有非法选票。”到目前为止，事实证明，有关可能存在大量虚假选票且足以改变选举结果的暗示是毫无根据的。只有为数不多的共和党人，如米特·罗姆尼和苏珊·柯林斯，承认了选举结果并向拜登表示祝贺。

Others have gone even further than Mr McConnell’s careful statement. Brad Raffensperger, the Republican in charge of administering elections in Georgia, which Mr Biden narrowly won, has come under withering⁸ criticism from members of his own party for refusing to tilt⁹ the result in Mr Trump’s favour. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, the Republican senators who face run-offs in January that will determine control of the Senate, issued a joint¹⁰ statement calling for his resignation. Lindsey Graham, an especially Trumpist senator, personally called Mr Raffensperger to dispute the absentee ballots cast in the race.

相对于麦康奈尔发布的谨慎声明，其他共和党人更胜一筹。共和党人布拉德·拉芬斯佩负责管理乔治亚州的选举事务。拜登在乔治亚州险胜，拉芬斯佩因拒绝将选举结果向特朗普倒戈而受到本党成员的严厉批评。凯利·洛弗勒和大卫·珀杜是共和党参议员，他们在明年1月将面临决选，决定对参议院的控制权。这两位共和党参议员发表联合声明，要求拉芬斯佩辞职。林赛·格雷厄姆参议员是坚定的特朗普支持者，他亲自打电话给拉芬斯佩质询竞选中的缺席选票。

At some point, reality will intervene. The remaining lawsuits¹¹ will fizzle. States have started to certify¹² their election results. The electoral college will formally vote on December 14th to make Mr Biden the next president. More and more Republicans are telegraphing that they understand this by, for example, saying that Mr Biden probably ought to be receiving classified intelligence briefings after all.

现实终将会在某些时候介入。剩下的诉讼将会以失败告终。各州已经开始核实其选举结果。选举人团将在12月14日正式投票，选举拜登为下一任总统。越来越多的共和党人透露他们理解选举结果，例如，他们会说拜登可能终究应该接收到机密情报简报。

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 rebuke   

v.指责，非难，斥责 [反]praise

参考例句：

• He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.他不得不忍受老师的严厉指责。
• Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.哪怕迟到一分钟也将受到严厉的斥责。

3 grandees   

n.贵族，大公，显贵者( grandee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The highest-ranking members of the Spanish aristocracy are the grandees. 西班牙贵族中爵位最高的成员乃是大公。 来自辞典例句
• Several grandees of the town are present at the party. 城里的几位要人出席了晚会。 来自互联网

4 eroding   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
• Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。

5 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

8 withering   

使人畏缩的，使人害羞的，使人难堪的

参考例句：

• She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
• The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。

9 tilt   

v.(使)倾侧；(使)倾斜；n.倾侧；倾斜

参考例句：

• She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
• The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平，有点儿歪.

10 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

11 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

12 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。