经济学人:女性权利 游行抗议(1)

 United States 美国

Women's Rights: March nemesis¹ 女性权利：游行抗议

Donald Trump² may unwittingly be a revitalising force for American feminism. 唐纳德·特朗普可能在不经意间让美国女权主义更加强盛

Of all the things uttered by Donald Trump during the election campaign,  唐纳德在大选期间讲得所有事情中，

none seemed to threaten his chances of victory more than his admission, on tape, that he had grabbed women “by the pussy” without their consent. 没有任何事情比他在广播中承认他在没有经过女性的同意“玩弄女性”更能够威胁到他赢得选举的胜利。

Yet Republicans—and voters—eventually looked past his attitude towards women. 然而共和党人——和投票者们——终究对他关于女性的态度睁一只眼闭一只眼。

Many Americans, however, remain worried that a Trump presidency³ heralds⁴ a new age of sexism and misogyny. 但是，许多美国人依旧担心特朗普任职预示着一个崭新的性别歧视以及厌女癖的时代的来临。

In the days after the election, donations to women’s non-profit groups surged. 在选举接受后的数日内，女性非营利性组织接受的捐款急剧上升。

So did demand for contraception, as women worried that access to birth-control would be curtailed⁵. 避孕的需求同样急剧上升，因为女士们担心她们控制生育的途径减少。

On January 21st, the day after the inauguration⁶, some 200,000 American men and women are expected to turn up at a march in Washington  1月21日，在特朗普宣誓就职后的第一天，大约有20万美国男女将会在华盛顿举行游行，

to protest against regressive policies and demand equal treatment for women—and a lot more besides. 以反对倒行逆施的政策并要求平等对待女性——除此之外，还有许多其他的诉求。

The march grew from two unrelated Facebook posts into the “Women’s March on Washington”, which promises to be the biggest single anti-Trump demonstration⁷ yet. 这次的游行从两个不相关的脸书帖子发展成为“华盛顿妇女游行”，这很有可能成为反特朗普游行中最大的的一次。

It has also spawned⁸ sister marches in New York, San Francisco, London and dozens of other cities. 并且该游行也催生了纽约、旧金山、伦敦以及许多其他城市同类型的游行。

But arranging it has proved thorny⁹. 但是，组织这场游行十分棘手。

It was originally called the "Million Women March", until organisers were admonished¹⁰ for appropriating the name of the 1997 "Million Woman March", which focused on African-American women. 这场游行原本叫“百万妇女游行”，直到组织者们被警告他们挪用了1997年旨在关注非洲裔美国女性的“百万妇女游行”的名称。

 

1 nemesis   

n.给以报应者，复仇者，难以对付的敌手

参考例句：

• Uncritical trust is my nemesis.盲目的相信一切害了我自己。
• Inward suffering is the worst of Nemesis.内心的痛苦是最厉害的惩罚。

2 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。

3 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

4 heralds   

n.使者( herald的名词复数 )；预报者；预兆；传令官v.预示( herald的第三人称单数 )；宣布（好或重要）

参考例句：

• The song of birds heralds the approach of spring. 百鸟齐鸣报春到。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountain. 山雨欲来风满楼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 curtailed   

v.截断，缩短( curtail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Spending on books has been severely curtailed. 购书开支已被大大削减。
• Their public health programme had to be severely curtailed. 他们的公共卫生计划不得不大大收缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

7 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

8 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

9 thorny   

adj.多刺的，棘手的

参考例句：

• The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
• The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。

10 admonished   

v.劝告( admonish的过去式和过去分词 )；训诫；（温和地）责备；轻责

参考例句：

• She was admonished for chewing gum in class. 她在课堂上嚼口香糖，受到了告诫。
• The teacher admonished the child for coming late to school. 那个孩子迟到，老师批评了他。 来自《简明英汉词典》