夏说英语新闻晨读 第646期:川普正式宣布角逐总统连任

 

Today in Florida, almost four years since descending² Trump³ Tower's gilded⁵ escalator to announce his dark-horse presidential campaign, Donald Trump launches his bid for four more years. In truth, the campaign began the day of his inauguration⁶. Brad Parscale, his campaign manager, has already begun blanketing swing states with digital ads on platforms like Facebook. As of March 2019, the campaign was sitting on a war chest of $41m. What Mr Trump will run on is unclear.

descend¹: vi. （沿斜坡）下降

descend/ascend the stairs: 下/上楼梯

gilded: adj. 镀金的

gild⁴ the lily: 给百合花镀金（画蛇添足，作多余的装饰）

dark-horse: 黑马（出人意外获胜的赛马或参赛人）

bid: n. 招标，报价

the highest bid: 报价最高（拍卖会上）

a bid for power: 争夺权力

launch a bid for president: 竞选总统

inauguration: n. 就职；开幕式

inauguration ceremony: 就职典礼

inauguration day: 美国总统就职日

inauguration speech: 就职演说

blanket: vt. 盖上毯子（本课指“地毯式的宣传”）

swing states: 摇摆州

war chest: 战备资金，竞选资金

1 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

2 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

3 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。

4 gild   

vt.给…镀金，把…漆成金色，使呈金色

参考例句：

• The sun transform the gild cupola into dazzling point of light.太阳将这些镀金的圆屋顶变成了闪耀的光点。
• With Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney primed to flower anew,Owen can gild the lily.贝巴和鲁尼如今蓄势待发，欧文也可以为曼联锦上添花。

5 gilded   

a.镀金的，富有的

参考例句：

• The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
• "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们，这只不过是些镀金的铅饼！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

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。