最后一场电视辩论，结果如何？[E517]
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Jeff Yang: Trump and what he represents must be soundly rejected
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There's no point in going through the specific beats, themes and responses in this final presidential debate of 2016. The actual answers provided by the candidates to Chris Wallace[华莱士]'s admirably measured questions were so overshadowed by Trump's blatant[1] refusal to guarantee that he would abide by[遵守,遵循] the simple rules of our democracy that they are irrelevant to the decision voters face in a few short weeks.
Any patchy[2] veneer[3] Trump might still have of his being a legitimate candidate running a legitimate campaign were erased when he announced that he would keep America "in suspense[悬而未决,处于焦灼等待状态,心神不宁]" over whether he would, in Wallace's words, support a "peaceful transfer of power[和平的权力交接]" if the election did not go his way.
Combine that statement with his frequent intimations of Second Amendment[第二修正案] "solutions," his tacit[4] embrace of the extreme alt-right[5] and his declaration from the very stage that his opponent was a "criminal" who should've been "prevented from running for office," and the foul[6] brew[7] that Trump is fermenting[8] has a familiar odor: It smells of beer halls[啤酒屋] in November.
There is no longer a subtle way to say this: Trump and what he represents must be soundly rejected, wholly repudiated[9] and fully dispelled[10] from our body politic[全体人民,国家], by a popular and electoral number that can't be questioned. Any other outcome risks a rupture[破裂;裂开;断裂] in the fabric of our republic.
Jeff Yang is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a frequent contributor to radio shows including Public Radio International's "The Takeaway" and WNYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show." He is the co-author of "I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action" and editor of the graphic novel anthologies "Secret Identities" and "Shattered."
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注释
[1]blatant：very obvious and intentional, when this is a bad thing 明目张胆的，公然的
a blatant lie
弥天大谎
The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.
整个事件完全是旨在吸引眼球的露骨炒作。
[2]patchy ['pætʃi]
only existing or happening in some parts 散落的，分布不均的，局部地区的
The varnish is a little patchy on this table.
这张桌子上的清漆有点不匀。
The morning will start with some patchy rain/cloud/fog at first.
英格兰东南部开始会局部降雨／局部多云。
sometimes good and sometimes bad 时好时坏的
Matthew found the service extremely patchy.
马修发现服务时而极好，时而极差。
[3]veneer [vəˈnɪə(r)]
something that hides something unpleasant or unwanted 掩饰物；虚饰
She managed to hide her corrupt dealings under a veneer of respectability.
她设法用一层体面的外衣掩盖了自己的腐败勾当。
[4]tacit：understood without being expressed directly 默示的；不明言的
tacit agreement/approval/support
默契／默许／暗中支持
[5]The alt-right is a segment of right-wing ideologies that reject mainstream conservatism in the United States.
[6]foul：Foul speech or other language is offensive, rude, or shocking. （言语或语言）脏话连篇的，粗鲁的，下流的
There's too much foul language on TV these days.
如今电视上脏话连篇。
[7]brew [bruː]
1）a type of beer, especially one made in a particular place or at a particular time （尤指某地或某个时间酿造的）啤酒
2）a drink of tea or a drink of beer 一杯茶；一份啤酒
3）a mixture of different ideas, events, etc.（不同思想、事件等的）交融，混合
[8]ferment [ˈfɜː(r)ment]
If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, the sugar in it changes into alcohol because of a chemical process. （使）发酵
You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol. 酿葡萄酒是让葡萄汁发酵，直到所有的糖分都转化为酒精。
(to stir up somebody or something, or be stirred up；to cause, develop, or evolve something, or be developed or evolved)
[9]repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt]
to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable 拒绝，不接受；否认；批驳 He repudiated the allegation/charge/claim that he had tried to deceive them. 他们指控／谴责／声称他企图欺骗他们，他对此进行了驳斥。 I utterly repudiate those remarks. 我认为这些话纯属一派胡言。
[10]dispel：to remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary 消除（恐惧）；扫除（疑虑）；打消（错误念头）
I'd like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently.
我想在演讲的开头先澄清一些近期流传的谣言。
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