时代周刊:前情报长官提醒大家警惕特朗普主义的危险性(5)

There is little question that Trump¹’s presidency² has crippled the critical relationship

特朗普当选以后削弱了美国情报机构

between U.S. intelligence agencies and the congressional committees that oversee³ them.

和负责监管这些机构的国会委员会之间的重大关系，这一点可以说是毋庸置疑的。

The arrangement hinges on both sides’ operating in good faith and above politics.

这一监管安排有赖于双方真诚合作，超脱于政治之上。

In April, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee published the findings of its investigation⁴ into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

今年4月，众议院情报委员会的共和党人公布了对俄罗斯干预2016年大选的调查结果。

The report implicitly⁵ rejected the consensus⁶ among U.S. intelligence agencies that Moscow’s efforts were designed to boost Trump.

报告含蓄地反驳了美国情报机构之间的共识——莫斯科的干预是为了提振特朗普的选举成绩。

Democrats⁷ on the panel panned the report’s conclusions

该委员会的多位民主党成员严厉指责了报告的结论，

and accused their GOP colleagues of abetting⁸ Trump’s effort to discredit⁹ investigators¹⁰, including special counsel Robert Mueller.

还指责他们的共和党同僚怂恿特朗普诋毁调查人员，包括特别检察官罗伯特·穆勒。

The distrust and partisan¹¹ acrimony will be hard to repair.

二者的不信任和党派纷争将很难修复。

The question is what to do now.

问题是现在该怎么办。

The first thing, says Hayden, is to avoid self-inflicted wounds.

海登说，首先要避免自讨苦吃。

Institutions that are designed to guard the public interest against the passing wiles¹² of politicians

肩负着保护公众利益不受政客一时奸计之害的那些制度

“very often are tempted¹³ to break their own norms in pushing back against the norm-busting President,” says Hayden.

“在反击不按常理出牌的总统时经常会忍不住打破自己的原则，”海登说。

That “is a really serious problem,” he argues, because it further erodes¹⁴ public faith in government.

这“个问题非常严重”，他说，因为它会进一步动摇政府的公信力。

Clapper prescribes more candor¹⁵.

克拉珀的建议更为直率。

After 9/11 and in the years before Trump’s election, the intelligence community was “not being sufficiently¹⁶ transparent¹⁷ and open,” he says.

他说，9/11事件之后以及特朗普当选之前的几年时间里，情报界“不够透明，也不够公开”。

“So, lesson learned. Early communication and more transparency.”

“所以，我们吸取教训了。尽早沟通，提高透明度。”

America’s institutions have been tested before, and each time they have proved resilient.

美国的制度以前也经受过考验，每次也都证明了它们的韧性。

Despite the fears cataloged in their books,

尽管他们的书中列出了很多忧虑，

both Clapper and Hayden expect the pillars of U.S. democracy to survive the attacks by the President.

克拉珀和海登都希望美国民主制度的支柱能够经受住总统的攻击。

One way or another, they will outlast¹⁸ Trump.

不管怎样，那些支柱都将比特朗普更长久。

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 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。

3 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 implicitly   

adv. 含蓄地, 暗中地, 毫不保留地

参考例句：

• Many verbs and many words of other kinds are implicitly causal. 许多动词和许多其他类词都蕴涵着因果关系。
• I can trust Mr. Somerville implicitly, I suppose? 我想，我可以毫无保留地信任萨莫维尔先生吧？

6 consensus   

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？

7 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》

8 abetting   

v.教唆（犯罪）( abet的现在分词 )；煽动；怂恿；支持

参考例句：

• On Earth, unknowingly abetting a criminal doesn't merit this kind of punishment. 在地球上，不知不觉地帮助罪犯并不构成这种惩罚。 来自电影对白
• "By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder." 援助和唆使谋杀的塔利班政权与杀人犯同罪。 来自互联网

9 discredit   

vt.使不可置信；n.丧失信义；不信，怀疑

参考例句：

• Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.他们的行为败坏了英国足球运动的声誉。
• They no longer try to discredit the technology itself.他们不再试图怀疑这种技术本身。

10 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

12 wiles   

n.（旨在欺骗或吸引人的）诡计，花招；欺骗，欺诈( wile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods. 她花言巧语想打动他们买这些货物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her. 那女人用尽了自己的诱骗本领勾引着他尾随而去。 来自《用法词典》

13 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

14 erodes   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的第三人称单数 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The sea erodes the rock. 海水侵蚀岩石。
• The sea erodes the land. 海洋侵蚀陆地。

15 candor   

n.坦白，率真

参考例句：

• He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candor.他极其坦率地谈了许多问题。
• He and his wife had avoided candor,and they had drained their marriage.他们夫妻间不坦率，已使婚姻奄奄一息。

16 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

17 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

18 outlast   

v.较…耐久

参考例句：

• The great use of life is to spend it doing something that will outlast it.人生的充分利用就是为争取比人生更长久的东西而度过一生。
• These naturally dried flowers will outlast a bouquet of fresh blooms.这些自然风干的花会比一束鲜花更加持久。