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美国国家公共电台 NPR Elizabeth Warren Gets Personal On The Trail

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(SOUNDBITE OF THE BIG TOP ORCHESTRA'S "TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE [MARCH AND TWO-STEP]")

ASMA KHALID, HOST:

Hey, there. It's the NPR POLITICS PODCAST. I'm Asma Khalid. All summer, we've been taking you on the trail to meet the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING2)

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) ...Persisted. Nevertheless, she persisted. Nevertheless, she persisted. Nevertheless...

KHALID: This is a collaboration3 with New Hampshire Public Radio and Iowa Public Radio, which is why I met IPR's lead political reporter Clay Masters in a ballroom5 in Clear Lake, Iowa.

CLAY MASTERS, BYLINE6: Hey, Asma. Welcome back to Iowa. It's been a while.

KHALID: Thank you. It has been a while. The last time I was here was back in January when we saw each other. That was right after Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, had announced her exploratory committee to run for president.

MASTERS: That's right. So we are in the historic Surf Ballroom. This is in Clear Lake, Iowa. And we're here for the Wing Ding.

KHALID: Wing Ding dinner...

MASTERS: That's right.

KHALID: ...Presumably because they do have chicken wings.

MASTERS: They serve chicken wings. I can see them...

KHALID: I saw them. Where are they?

MASTERS: ...In big pans.

KHALID: The chicken wings were in aluminum7 tins on folding tables behind us. And around the corner was a stage in what looked like this old high school gym. This entire shindig felt like a pep rally. Almost every candidate was there with their own cheering squad8. Mayor Pete Buttigieg just left the stage, and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard was up next.

MASTERS: It's a chance for people to hear the stump9 speeches from the presidential candidates and, one after the other, get a chance to see what kind of a large field there is.

KHALID: Yeah. And you know, we're here to talk to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. She was a former Harvard law professor.

MASTERS: Yep. She was a teacher. She talks a lot on the stump about growing up in Oklahoma - you know, more in the middle of America; not too far away from Iowa. She's really trying to push her big structural10 changes.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

ELIZABETH WARREN: We've had enough of an America where the government works better and better and better for a thinner and thinner slice at the top. 2020 is our chance. We can make this government work for all of America. Let's do this, Democrats11.

(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)

WARREN: Dream big. Fight hard. Let's win.

KHALID: We sat down with Senator Warren at her hotel right off the highway. She rolled up in an RV. We were going to ask her about it. But right when we started recording, a bunch of motorcycles rumbled12 up next to the window.

WARREN: Oh, just in time.

KHALID: Oh, is there really?

MASTERS: Yeah.

KHALID: All right. Well, can you hear them? Or are they all right?

MASTERS: OK.

WARREN: Just give them a second.

KHALID: A second later, the bikes went quiet, and we got started.

MASTERS: Notice you rolled up in an RV - have you always been a...

WARREN: Woo-hoo (laughter).

MASTERS: ...Recreational vehicle woman? Or...

WARREN: You know, this is really about being in Iowa, democracy, rolling across the state. But it's fun. I got to say, this is a pretty cool way to get out and talk to people.

MASTERS: Was it a choice for the RV and not a larger bus?

WARREN: (Laughter) You know, I love the RV 'cause, you know, it's kind of got all the right outfitting13. But the best part is the sign on the back. We have a huge sign that says, honk14 if you want big structural change. And so as we're cruising down the highway, not only do we get cars that come by us and honk and people wave, last night when we were on the - on the highway, we had truckers coming by. And they were - they were really on the big air horns, and that was fun.

KHALID: All right. So we're going to dive right in. I want to start talking about guns. And this is a subject that's on the mind of a lot of Americans...

WARREN: Yep.

KHALID: ...Because of the mass shootings recently, both in Ohio and Texas. You're out with a new plan that includes some ideas that are ideas that we've heard a lot about from politicians over the years, whether that's stricter background checks or an assault weapons ban. But there's also some proposals in there that are around some more restrictive ideas, like holding gun industry CEOs personally liable and increasing taxes on gun manufacturers from, say, 11% all the way up to 50%.

Politicians have not been able to pass incremental15, generally sometimes agreed upon changes to gun reform. So how would you build consensus16 to get these ideas passed?

WARREN: So here's how I think about this. We need - we need to approach guns and gun safety differently. It's not just - oh, here's one idea; let's go fight about this one idea - and here's a lot of things that we have talked about - universal background checks, get assault weapons off the streets. I'm all in favor of those. But we're approaching it as if it's one and done or three and done and then we can all go back to the old ways. I don't think that's the right way to look at it.

The way I look at this is we need to set a goal. I want to see us cut the number of deaths by 80%. And - and let me just remind you where we were back in 1965, when five people died for every million miles traveled on our roads. We decided17 as a country that we wanted to have better safety for people who travel. And some of it was obvious - seatbelts - right? - there - there was a pretty obvious - safety glass so the stuff didn't shatter and slash18 people to death. Some of it hadn't even been invented, like airbags and automatic braking systems. But we made that commitment, and we have cut deaths on our roads by 80%. I want to do the same thing around guns. So...

KHALID: But Senator, how do you do that? How do you build the consensus? I think...

WARREN: So...

KHALID: ...Many people would agree - right? - that it's a good goal.

WARREN: Well - but you've got to start with goal. I haven't heard anybody else talk about a goal. What I've heard them talk about is, here's one thing we'll do and one thing we'll do and one thing we'll do, and then we'll quit.

No, we need a goal. And that means we need a process for getting to it, so we've got two major ways we approach this. The first - a president should do everything she can by herself. And I will. And part two is we need to change Congress. The filibuster19 helps the NRA maintain control in Congress. So when I'm president, here's my plan - to get rid of the filibuster and to put in place sensible gun legislation proposals that it's going to take Congress to enact20 and get out there and fight for them. That's how we make change.

MASTERS: Under this current president, you've chafed21 over too much executive power from him. I mean, what is the proper balance of power among the...

WARREN: Well...

MASTERS: ...Branches?

WARREN: ...Can we start with - I've chafed when he's used power illegally? You've got to use it within the law. The point is, on gun safety, there's a lot we could do within the parameters22 of the law. And that's exactly what the president should be doing. The president is charged with safety in this country, with helping24 protect the American people, to be there on the side of the people.

You know, much of what I want to see is supported by huge majorities in this country. So the question you have to ask yourself is, in a democracy, when overwhelming numbers of people support a change in legislation year after year after year - sustained support for it - why doesn't it happen?

And the answer is corruption25. It's the NRA and - let's be clear - the gun lobby, the gun manufacturing industry that supports the NRA, not so much about the rank-and-file members. It's about the money in this. It's about the connections. It's about the lobbying. It's about the campaign contributions. It's about the fact that it's the gun lobbyists that are calling the shots in Washington.

What needs to change? We've got to have the courage. We've got to have a leader who's willing to stand up to the gun lobby and say no more and to take away one of their principle tools, which is the filibuster.

KHALID: I am curious if there are things you feel you can do now - as a sitting senator - in the fall, when Congress comes back, to address gun violence? I do think there's a sense that people want immediate26 action.

WARREN: Of course we want immediate action. You know, we can continue to pressure the president because he could take action right now. And he's clearly feeling some of that pressure because he's at least talked about it. Now, we can't let him off the hook just talking about it; he's actually got to step up and do something because at the same time he talked about it, he then turned around and did a bow to the NRA and said, oh, but the NRA is still going to call the shots. But you know, he had to talk about it. That's - that's what democracy is about. You get in this fight, and you keep pushing.

Same thing on Mitch McConnell in the Senate - we've got two bills that have already come out of the House that would have some sensible gun legislation. It's to stay after Mitch McConnell. Bring it to a vote. Make everybody get out there and put their names on the record. And this is going to be about pressure. You know, it's the reminder27 how power works in America. Yeah, the president has a lot of power. Yeah, Mitch McConnell has a lot of power. But I'll tell you this. People have a lot of power, too.

KHALID: You recently said that the president was more than a racist28, that he was a white supremacist. And Democrats talk a lot about the need to unite the country after a really polarizing period that the nation has endured, you know, in recent years. How do you do that if you're using language or labels that some people, some of his supporters, do feel alienated29 by?

WARREN: Well, I think we just have to be honest with what's happening. Come on. This is a man who is president of the United States - refers to people in Charlottesville who are white supremacists as fine people; a man who says he doesn't want any more immigrants coming here from shithole countries; a man who describes people who flee for their lives from Central America as mounting an invasion on our country; a man who has used racist language and racist imagery over and over and over; and most of all, a man who winks30 and nods at the white supremacists and who in turn is embraced and celebrated31 why - by the white supremacists. You know, when the white supremacists called Donald Trump32 one of their own, I tend to believe them.

MASTERS: So what's your role in bringing down the temperature - I mean, the role that you play in changing the dialogue in this country?

WARREN: I think it's to talk about what's broken in Washington - why it is that this democracy isn't working; why we can't get gun legislation through, for example; why it is that we can't get a wealth tax through; why it is that our kids are struggling under a trillion-and-a-half dollars of student loan debt. And what happens? Donald Trump and the Republicans give a trillion-and-a-half dollars away to bazillionaires (ph) and giant corporations. Why is it, in this country, that we can't make real investments in housing and child care? Why? Because this democracy is not working for the people.

KHALID: Senator, you've made the economy - economic patriotism33 a central part of your campaign. And you have criticized Donald Trump on trade, most recently saying that he has a tariff34-by-tweet strategy. You recently came out with a trade plan of your own that is quite protectionist. It would require draft trade agreements to be published online for public comment, which your critics say would make it very hard, if not impossible, for trade deals to be formed. They say - your critics say that when you speak about trade, you sound more akin1 to Donald Trump than Barack Obama. Is that true?

WARREN: So I'm really stunned35 to hear you call sunlight protectionist - that it is protectionist not to let the giant corporations whisper in the ears of our trade negotiators and do exactly what they want and then ram23 through legislation without people in Congress really even having much of a chance to read it, much less debate it and talk about it with the American people? Since when did that become protectionist? I thought that's what a democracy was all about. And do keep in mind - Donald Trump is all about tariffs36 because he's into tariff by tweet. Right? He has no trade policy. He is into chaos37. So I want to change that. So I start by saying, who are we going to have at the table to negotiate these deals? And the answer is we're going to have the people who are most affected38. I want the unions at the table. I want small business owners at the table. I want small farmers, the independent farmers right here in Iowa. I want them at the table when we're hashing out our trade deals.

And part two is everybody wants to get to the American market. If you want some special trading deal, not just the standard under the world, you know, WTO, just the - you want a special trading deal, then here's what it's going to take. You've got to meet some basic standards in your home country, like not using prison labor4 or not letting people dump all kinds of pollution in the river and poison in the air and not - having some rules in place against corruption. Because when we try to compete against countries that haven't raised those standards, our products become more expensive and more jobs move everywhere else.

MASTERS: And speaking of trade, in rural Iowa, you know, for the last 12 years that I've been reporting in this part of the country in the Midwest, I can't count the number of times myself or colleagues of mine have done stories about small towns not being able to attract doctors and not being able to attract educators. I know you were a teacher once. How do you make people want to stay in the small towns in the Midwest? How do you make them want to keep their kids there or come back? What is the - is there a disconnect that's being out there between what's happening in the agricultural sector39 and the small towns or the micropolitans of the states like Iowa?

WARREN: So I see this as just one more version of whose side Washington is on. So let's pick health care. Right now, the government is on the side of the giant hospitals that want to merge40, that want to swallow up little hospitals - oh, and they make lots of promises. Oh, we're going to expand coverage41. Everybody's going to be covered. And then when it's all died down, they just close the hospital. They say, we're not making enough money. We're going quit. So a big part of my plan - my farm plan starts with health care. I'm out there to fight against these giant conglomerates42. I'm willing to stand up against the assumption that mergers43 always go through. In fact, in the case of hospitals in rural areas, my presumption44 is on the other side. You don't get to merge unless you can really demonstrate how this is going to help serve more people.

KHALID: Remember those bikers that rumbled by in the beginning. Well, they made another cameo appearance.

We have a whole entourage of little Harley Davidsons coming by...

(LAUGHTER)

KHALID: ...In the parking lot.

WARREN: I see the Harleys.

KHALID: So we paused the interview to let them drive back out to the highway. When we picked back up, we ask Senator Warren about her faith, that infamous45 DNA46 test and what she can't let go of. All that after a quick break.

And we're back. And with the Harleys gone, we were ready for part two of the interview.

MASTERS: Part two (laughter).

WARREN: Part two.

MASTERS: Right.

WARREN: Oh, is this going to be fun?

MASTERS: Yeah (laughter).

WARREN: Part two - OK, I'm ready. Do I change my shoes for part two or anything?

MASTERS: No. I think you can keep those on, Senator.

WARREN: OK.

MASTERS: Thank you, though.

KHALID: By the way, she was wearing sneakers. This part of the conversation was really relaxed. Senator Warren put her foot up on the chair and her hand on her knee. And we talked about how her life has affected her politics. So Clay asked her...

MASTERS: What is a time from your childhood that shaped how you see government?

WARREN: Oh, it's probably when my daddy had a heart attack, when there was no money coming in, when we lost the family station wagon47, when my mother used to cry every night, when I learned words like mortgage and foreclosure and when my mother, who was 50 years old and had never worked outside the home and was truly terrified, pulled on her best dress and put on her high heels and walked to the Sears and got a minimum wage job. And that minimum wage job saved our home. And more importantly, it saved our family.

And it was years and years and years later that I understood that's a story about government because when I was a girl, a full-time48 minimum wage job in America would support a family of three. It would pay a mortgage. It would cover the utilities. And it would put food on the table. Today, a full-time minimum wage job in America will not keep a mama and a baby out of poverty. That is wrong. And that is why I am in this fight.

KHALID: We've been asking many of the candidates about their faith. How has your faith evolved from when you were a Sunday school teacher in Texas to being a Harvard law professor to now being a U.S. senator?

WARREN: I don't know that it's evolved. It's just a part of who I am and has been since I was a little girl. I've taught Sunday school. I've occasionally had a chance to preach from the pulpit in some of the churches that I've visited. I read the Bible. I think a lot about what it means to be a moral person in America today. I truly believe that we are called on to see the value of every human being and not to sit back and reflect on it but to act. Matthew 25 - for I was hungry and you fed me. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was in prison and you visited me.

It's not just about having a good heart. It's about getting up and doing what needs to be done.

KHALID: Senator, there's been a lot of talk this election cycle about race and racial strife49 in the country. And you waded50 into some of that racism51 debate when you announced your DNA test to prove your Native ancestry52. You have since apologized for sort of the way that that was interpreted and what that implied. But that misstep, that decision, will be criticized if you become the nominee53 by the Republicans. I'm sure President Trump will take many opportunities to do that. How do you respond to people who say that that incident proves perhaps that your judgment54 on race may be off?

WARREN: The fundamental question we face right now is, what kind of an America are we going to build going forward? You know, like anyone who's being honest, boy, I admit that I've made mistakes, and I have regrets. And I've done my best both to apologize and to learn from them but most of all to be a good partner, to be a good partner going forward, to think about in as deliberate a way as possible what's broken and what we can do to fix it. So think, for example, about education. We have an education system, higher ed, that right now just slams all of our kids but particularly slams African American kids. African Americans are more likely to have to borrow money to go to school, to borrow more money while they're in school and to have a harder time paying it when they get out on the other side. And that means that much of what happens in higher ed is actually exacerbating55 the black-white wealth gap in America.

So how do you think about that? Well, here's how I do it. I've proposed a two cent wealth tax on the top one-tenth of 1%. What we can do with that wealth tax is universal child care, universal pre-K, raise the wages of every child care worker and preschool teacher. But when we focus on college, it's more than just universal college. It's tuition-free technical school, community college, four-year college. But it's also increasing the Pell grants, both the eligibility56 levels and the number of dollars available, so more kids see themselves as able to do that, as having a real shot, at being able to move to where the university is that specializes in the area they want to be in. That's part of it. Part of it is, in my plan, to put $50 billion into historically black colleges and universities that helps level the playing field.

MASTERS: The way that we end the NPR POLITICS PODCAST is we ask what is something that you can't let go of, politics or otherwise, from the week before. What is something, Senator Warren, that you can't let go of this week?

KHALID: Ideally, not politics since we just spent a half hour talking about politics.

(LAUGHTER)

WARREN: Well, with the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, with the reminder of the shootings that happen every day, I can't let go of the number of mothers that I've held who've cried, who've talked about children they lost. I'm so inspired by the people who've come off the sidelines, who stood up and said I'm in this fight. I never thought I'd do politics, never wanted to but no more. No more of this. We will not be an America where we put our children in bullet-proof backpacks. But it's going to take fighting back against the corruption in Washington, fighting back against the gun industry, fighting back against a filibuster that works in their favor, most of all, fighting for a democracy that works.

MASTERS: Senator Warren, thank you.

WARREN: Thank you for having me.

KHALID: Yeah. Thank you so much.

WARREN: Appreciate it.

KHALID: After we ended the interview, I had one more burning question I had been wanting to ask the senator. She has this iconic look. Everywhere she goes, on the stump, at a debate, in our interview, she wears a black top, black pants and a monochrome blazer or cardigan - usually in jewel tones. For us, it was teal. So I asked if it was intentional57 that she basically wears the same look everywhere she goes. And before you all scream sexist, just listen.

MASTERS: I had to make a note that, like, I will not ask this question.

KHALID: Whatever. Clay was like, I want to ask this question. Because you have the black camisole look - I think is a very cool look and it's, like, a different colored blazer. Is that, like, a conscious decision or do you just...

WARREN: Yeah, it's easy.

KHALID: It's just easy. It's like, you don't have to think about...

WARREN: Do you know how long it takes me to dress in the morning?

KHALID: Yeah.

WARREN: Four minutes.

KHALID: Did you catch that? Only four minutes to get dressed. Warren has gotten a reputation as the candidate who has plans for just about everything. Turns out, she's even got a plan for how to efficiently58 get dressed in the morning. This is the latest episode in our ongoing59 series where we are taking you on the campaign trail to meet the 2020 Democratic candidates. Check out our podcast feed for more conversations with candidates like Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders. We'll be back as soon as there is more political news that you need to know about. I'm Asma Khalid. And thank you for listening to the NPR POLITICS PODCAST.

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n.(意见等的)一致,一致同意,共识
参考例句:
  • Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗?
  • What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么?
17 decided lvqzZd     
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。
18 slash Hrsyq     
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
参考例句:
  • The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
19 filibuster YkXxK     
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。
20 enact tjEz0     
vt.制定(法律);上演,扮演
参考例句:
  • The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
  • For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
21 chafed f9adc83cf3cbb1d83206e36eae090f1f     
v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的过去式 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒
参考例句:
  • Her wrists chafed where the rope had been. 她的手腕上绳子勒过的地方都磨红了。
  • She chafed her cold hands. 她揉搓冰冷的双手使之暖和。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
22 parameters 166e64f6c3677d0c513901242a3e702d     
因素,特征; 界限; (限定性的)因素( parameter的名词复数 ); 参量; 参项; 决定因素
参考例句:
  • We have to work within the parameters of time. 我们的工作受时间所限。
  • See parameters.cpp for a compilable example. This is part of the Spirit distribution. 可编译例子见parameters.cpp.这是Spirit分发包的组成部分。
23 ram dTVxg     
(random access memory)随机存取存储器
参考例句:
  • 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存,640K内存则更佳。
24 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
25 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
参考例句:
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
26 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
27 reminder WkzzTb     
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
参考例句:
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
28 racist GSRxZ     
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
参考例句:
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
29 alienated Ozyz55     
adj.感到孤独的,不合群的v.使疏远( alienate的过去式和过去分词 );使不友好;转让;让渡(财产等)
参考例句:
  • His comments have alienated a lot of young voters. 他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
  • The Prime Minister's policy alienated many of her followers. 首相的政策使很多拥护她的人疏远了她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
30 winks 1dd82fc4464d9ba6c78757a872e12679     
v.使眼色( wink的第三人称单数 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • I'll feel much better when I've had forty winks. 我打个盹就会感到好得多。
  • The planes were little silver winks way out to the west. 飞机在西边老远的地方,看上去只是些很小的银色光点。 来自辞典例句
31 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
参考例句:
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
32 trump LU1zK     
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。
33 patriotism 63lzt     
n.爱国精神,爱国心,爱国主义
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。
  • They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。
34 tariff mqwwG     
n.关税,税率;(旅馆、饭店等)价目表,收费表
参考例句:
  • There is a very high tariff on jewelry.宝石类的关税率很高。
  • The government is going to lower the tariff on importing cars.政府打算降低进口汽车的关税。
35 stunned 735ec6d53723be15b1737edd89183ec2     
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
  • The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。
36 tariffs a7eb9a3f31e3d6290c240675a80156ec     
关税制度; 关税( tariff的名词复数 ); 关税表; (旅馆或饭店等的)收费表; 量刑标准
参考例句:
  • British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
  • The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。
37 chaos 7bZyz     
n.混乱,无秩序
参考例句:
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
38 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
39 sector yjczYn     
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
参考例句:
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
40 merge qCpxF     
v.(使)结合,(使)合并,(使)合为一体
参考例句:
  • I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
  • The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。
41 coverage nvwz7v     
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
参考例句:
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
42 conglomerates fc454a44bef83f13306fc280a858ea84     
n.(多种经营的)联合大企业( conglomerate的名词复数 );砾岩;合成物;组合物
参考例句:
  • At the surface, radioactivity of the conglomerates is locally as high as 30 X background. 在地表,砾岩的局部地段的放射性高达30倍本底值。 来自辞典例句
  • The conglomerates failed to understand that books could not be sold like soap. 这些联合大企业不懂卖书不象卖肥皂那样。 来自辞典例句
43 mergers b4ab62fffa9919cbf1e93fcad6d3150c     
n.(两个公司的)合并( merger的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Mergers fall into three categories: horizontal, vertical, and conglomerate. 合并分为以下三种:横向合并,纵向合并和混合合并。 来自辞典例句
  • Many recent mergers are concentrated within specific industries, particularly in retailing, airlines and communications. 现代许多合并企业集中进行某些特定业务,在零售业、民航和通讯业中更是如此。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
44 presumption XQcxl     
n.推测,可能性,冒昧,放肆,[法律]推定
参考例句:
  • Please pardon my presumption in writing to you.请原谅我很冒昧地写信给你。
  • I don't think that's a false presumption.我认为那并不是错误的推测。
45 infamous K7ax3     
adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的
参考例句:
  • He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
  • I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。
46 DNA 4u3z1l     
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
参考例句:
  • DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
47 wagon XhUwP     
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
参考例句:
  • We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
  • The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。
48 full-time SsBz42     
adj.满工作日的或工作周的,全时间的
参考例句:
  • A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
  • I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作,我不知道她是如何对付的。
49 strife NrdyZ     
n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争
参考例句:
  • We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
  • Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
50 waded e8d8bc55cdc9612ad0bc65820a4ceac6     
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
51 racism pSIxZ     
n.民族主义;种族歧视(意识)
参考例句:
  • He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
  • Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。
52 ancestry BNvzf     
n.祖先,家世
参考例句:
  • Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。
  • He is an American of French ancestry.他是法国血统的美国人。
53 nominee FHLxv     
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
参考例句:
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
54 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
55 exacerbating ff803ca871efdf0c67b248b5a1095f6e     
v.使恶化,使加重( exacerbate的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • This pedagogical understretch is exacerbating social inequalities. 这种教学张力不足加重了社会不平等。 来自互联网
  • High fertilizer prices are exacerbating the problem. 高涨的肥料价格更加加剧了问题的恶化。 来自互联网
56 eligibility xqXxL     
n.合格,资格
参考例句:
  • What are the eligibility requirements? 病人被选参加试验的要求是什么? 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
  • Eligibility for HINARI access is based on gross national income (GNI). 进入HINARI获取计划是依据国民总收入来评定的。
57 intentional 65Axb     
adj.故意的,有意(识)的
参考例句:
  • Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
  • His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。
58 efficiently ZuTzXQ     
adv.高效率地,有能力地
参考例句:
  • The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
  • Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。
59 ongoing 6RvzT     
adj.进行中的,前进的
参考例句:
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
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