2021年经济学人 俄罗斯就英舰艇侵犯海域提出强烈抗议

Republicans in the American Senate deployed¹ a filibuster² to obstruct³ a wide-ranging bill that seeks to shore up voting rights, known as the For the People Act. The Democrats⁴ may now turn to a compromise bill put forward by Joe Manchin, a Democratic senator from West Virginia.

美国参议院的共和党人通过阻挠议事来阻止一项旨在巩固投票权的广泛法案，该法案被称为《为民法案》。民主党人现在可能会倾向于一项由西弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员乔·曼钦提出的妥协法案。

Eric Adams led the count in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor. Mr Adams, who vowed⁵ during his campaign to fight crime, fell short of 50% of the vote, so the election will be decided⁶ by a new ranked-choice system.

埃里克·亚当斯(Eric Adams)在纽约市民主党市长初选中领先。亚当斯在他的竞选活动中誓言要打击犯罪，但他的得票率低于50%，因此选举将由一个新的排序选择系统决定。

Carl Nassib became the first-ever regular player in America’s National Football League to declare that he is gay. Mr Nassib, 28, plays for the Las Vegas Raiders.

卡尔·纳西布成为美国国家橄榄球联盟中首个宣布自己是同性恋的主力球员。28岁的纳西布效力于拉斯维加斯突击者队。

Joe Biden signed a law making Juneteenth, which commemorates⁷ the end of slavery, a new federal holiday in America.

乔·拜登签署了一项法律，使“六月节”成为美国新的联邦假日，以纪念奴隶制的结束。

A British naval⁸ vessel⁹ entered what Russia claims as its waters off Crimea. (Britain, like most countries, regards Russia’s seizure¹⁰ of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 as illegal.) Russia said it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs to scare off the British ship. The British government said in fact Russia had carried out a routine gunnery exercise.

俄罗斯声称，一艘英国海军舰艇进入了其所属的克里米亚海域。(和大多数国家一样，英国认为俄罗斯2014年从乌克兰手中接管克里米亚是非法的。)俄罗斯表示，他们已经鸣枪示警并投下炸弹来警告这艘英国舰艇。英国政府表示，俄罗斯实际上进行了一次例行的射击演习。

French voters delivered a rebuke¹¹ to President Emmanuel Macron in the first round of regional elections. His party, La Republique en Marche, came a humiliating fifth. The result was also bad for his probable presidential rival next year, Marine¹² Le Pen, an anti-immigrant populist.

法国选民在首轮地区选举中指责总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙。他所在的政党——“共和国前进党”屈居第五。这一结果也不利于他明年总统竞选的潜在对手、反移民民粹主义者马琳·勒庞(Marine Le Pen)。

Nine Catalan politicians, jailed for their part in organising an illegal independence referendum in 2017, walked free after the Spanish prime minister gave them conditional¹³ pardons in the hope of improving relations with Catalonia and moving towards a solution to a decade-long dispute.

因组织2017年非法独立公投而入狱的9名加泰罗尼亚政客，在西班牙首相给予他们有条件的赦免后获释，以期改善与加泰罗尼亚的关系，并为长达10年的争端找到解决方案。

1 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

2 filibuster   

n.妨碍议事，阻挠；v.阻挠

参考例句：

• A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
• The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

3 obstruct   

v.阻隔，阻塞(道路、通道等)；n.阻碍物，障碍物

参考例句：

• He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意，尽在暗里使绊子。
• The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。

4 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》

5 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

6 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。

7 commemorates   

n.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的名词复数 )v.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates. 墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities. 碑文铭记他的爱国行动。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

9 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

10 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

11 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。

12 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

13 conditional   

adj.条件的，带有条件的

参考例句：

• My agreement is conditional on your help.你肯帮助我才同意。
• There are two forms of most-favored-nation treatment:conditional and unconditional.最惠国待遇有两种形式:有条件的和无条件的。