英语新闻听写 约翰·麦凯恩离世后,白宫旗帜又重新飘扬

The White House flag was back at full staff on Monday morning after President Donald Trump¹ refused to issue a proclamation after the death of Senator John McCain.

在参议员约翰·麦凯恩去世后，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普拒绝发布公告，白宫的国旗于周一上午又正常升起。

A proclamation of death is customarily issued following the death of prominent military heroes, politicians, and statesmen.

在著名的军事英雄、政治家和国务活动家死后，通常会发布死亡公告。

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The proclamation calls for flags to stay at half mass until burial services are finalized².

公告要求降半旗，直到葬礼结束。

According to Business Insider, the most recent proclamation Trump made that lowered United States flags to half-staff was for the victims of the shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland in June.

据《商业内幕》报道，特朗普最近一次将美国国旗半降致哀的公告是为了哀悼6月份在马里兰州安纳波利斯《首都报》枪击事件的受害者。

Trump finally signed to the order after rejecting the Annapolis mayor's initial request to have flags lowered.

特朗普最初拒绝了安纳波利斯市长要求降半旗的请求，但最终签字同意。

McCain died Saturday at the age of 81.

麦凯恩星期六去世，享年81岁。

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 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》