密歇根新闻广播 川普支持率下降 使共和党竞选陷入全面危机

The aftermath of last night's presidential debate has left the Republican Party in all-out crisis mode.

An NBC-Wall Street Journal poll following the release of the tape of Donald Trump¹ making lewd² comments about women shows Hillary Clinton's lead over Trump is now in the double digits³.

House Speaker Paul Ryan today held a conference call with House Republicans. He said he can't and won't defend Trump, and that House Republicans should do what's best for them in the remaining weeks of the election.

But, he will not rescind⁴ his endorsement⁵ of Trump.

What does this all mean for Republicans on the down-ballot in Michigan?

Michigan Radio Lansing Bureau Chief Rick Pluta joined us to talk about it.

“Right now there's a real fear not that Trump will alienate⁶ moderate Republican voters … who will come out and vote for Hillary Clinton. They're afraid that those voters will just throw up their hands and stay home on election days and not be there for all of those down-ballot races,” he said.

Listen to our conversation above for more.

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 lewd   

adj.淫荡的

参考例句：

• Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。
• I'm not that mean,despicable,cowardly,lewd creature that horrible little man sees. 我可不是那个令人恶心的小人所见到的下流、可耻、懦弱、淫秽的家伙。

3 digits   

n.数字( digit的名词复数 )；手指，足趾

参考例句：

• The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 rescind   

v.废除，取消

参考例句：

• They accepted his advice and rescinded the original plan.他们听从了他的劝告，撤销了原计划。
• Trade Union leaders have demanded the government rescind the price rise.工会领导已经要求政府阻止价格上涨。

5 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

6 alienate   

vt.使疏远，离间；转让(财产等)

参考例句：

• His attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith.他离间那两个朋友的企图失败了，因为他们彼此完全信任。
• We'd better not alienate ourselves from the colleagues.我们最好还是不要与同事们疏远。