福克斯新闻 特朗普讲话应对全国类鸦片危机

President Trump¹ has declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency. He said it's the worst drug crisis in American history and a problem worldwide.

特朗普总统宣布类鸦片危机为全国公共卫生紧急状况。他说，这是美国历史上最严重的药物危机，也是全世界范围的问题。

"As Americans we cannot allow this to continue. It is time to liberate² our communities from this scourge³ of drug addiction⁴, never been this way... We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic⁵, we can do it," President Trump said on Thursday.

“作为美国人，我们不能允许这种状况继续下去。我们应该努力，让我们的社区免除药物上瘾的灾难，永远都不要再发生。我们能够成为结束类鸦片流行病的一代，我们能够做到。”特朗普总统周四表示。

The President said he's directing all executive agencies to use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the crisis. The declaration doesn't make new funds available to deal with the crisis as much as it allows for the redirection of existing funds.

总统表示，他已经下令所有行政机构利用每一项恰当的应急权利来应对这场危机。特朗普总统并没有向现有的基金一样，为这场危机增加新的资金。

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 liberate   

v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由

参考例句：

• They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。

3 scourge   

n.灾难，祸害；v.蹂躏

参考例句：

• Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.天花曾是世界的大患。
• The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.新老板来了以后，不称职的人就遭殃了。

4 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

5 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。