[2011.04.20] 还有更荒诞的吗？

引用 Harry1028 2011-4-28 12:35

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Trump this
这个普朗特
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有点双关的意味，Trump本意是“战胜”，“超越”，同时也是他的名字。联系下面的标题，这里应该理解为一种叫板：“能比这个更怪异？”，“超越这个？！”

Just when you thought American politics could not become more bizarre
正当你觉得美国政治没法更2的时候
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bizarre 怪异，荒诞。通俗点儿就是“邪性”。文章标题用“没法更2”？

IN AMERICAN politics, as at the theatre, it can help to suspend your disbelief.
在美国政界，就如同在剧院中一样，总能让你觉得不可思议。
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Suspension of disbelief http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/suspension-of-disbelief.html
The temporary acceptance as believable of events or characters that would ordinarily be seen as incredible. This is usually to allow an audience to appreciate works of literature or drama that are exploring unusual ideas. （明知道是假的或不可能的，却）宁可信其有，宁愿暂且搁置怀疑

That helps you to entertain even the most improbable of possibilities, such as the possibility that Donald Trump, TV showman and property billionaire, really intends to seek, and may actually win, the presidency of the United States.
在这里，你可以经历甚至最不可能的可能，这种最不可能的可能诸如电视达人以及亿万富豪 Donald Trump真的要参加美国总统的竞选，并且还有可能获胜。
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entertain - to consider or allow yourself to think about an idea, a hope, a feeling, etc. 心存，怀有（想法、希望、感觉等）
property billionaire 地产巨擘

In recent weeks he has left interviewers slack-jawed with amazement as he throws out his thoughts on how he would behave as president.
最近几周他所发表的关于自己若成为总统将如何作为的言论让众人张口结目。
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code开始发明新成语囖

Born in the USA, if nothing else
出生于美国，仅此而已
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至少（背景： Donald Trump曾公开质疑奥巴马是否出生于米国，说obama拿不出birth certificate哈，Letterman经常拿这个开涮，说他也拿出不他假发的出生证~）

引用 code 2011-4-28 14:39

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我恨你！！！

引用 code 2011-4-28 15:00

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if nothing else:
used to emphasize one good quality or feature that someone or something has, while suggesting that it might be the only good one
If nothing else, the report points out the need for better math education.
至少好像也不妥，改成最重要的是怎么样？

引用 Harry1028 2011-4-28 15:10

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只要理解了意思就行。这里就是说：哪怕他别的条件都不够格当总统，但起码/至少有一条是符合的，他是美国出生的。

引用 Harry1028 2011-4-28 15:51

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He says he may signal his announcement in the live finale of his reality-TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice”, which airs on May 22nd.
他说在5月22号播放的自己最后一场电视真人秀--《名人学徒》中也许会宣布相关问题。
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他说他可能将于5月22号直播的电视真人秀《名人学徒》大结局中宣布他的决定。

Under its present management, laments Mr Trump (“our current president came out of nowhere”), it is sorely disrespected. It has become an international “whipping post” and “the laughing stock of the world”, jigged around by currency-manipulating Chinese and price-manipulating oil producers.
在美国现有的管理下，Trump先生感叹道（“我们现在的总统先生出身无门”），这是十分不尊重的表现。这已经成为国际的“众矢之的”以及“全球的笑料”，被汇率操控者中国和价格操控者石油生产国夹击。
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out of nowhere
Suddenly, unexpectedly, as in That anonymous letter turned up out of nowhere. It is often put as come out of nowhere, as in Their team came out of nowhere and won the state championship. This term uses out of in the sense of "from," and nowhere in the sense of "an unknown place." For a synonym, see out of a clear blue sky. http://www.answers.com/topic/out-of-nowhere-1

it指的是美国

Mr Trump has another big thing going for him.
Trump先生还有一件大事发生。
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have a thign going for someone - someone has a strong point or an advantage 优势，有利条件之类的

That book, after all, was “Ernest Hemingway-plus”, whereas the second book Mr Obama claims to have written, “The Audacity of Hope”, was plainly written by “someone much more average”.
毕竟，那本书属于“海明威式”，而Obama先生声称正在筹划的第二本书《大胆的愿望》计划让一个更普通的人来写。
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这里是说：单从写作功底的角度看，两本书的作者就不可能是同一个人（说明奥巴马在说谎）
按Donald Trump的看法，第一本写的比Ernest Hemingway还牛，第二本则水平很一般

引用 Somers 2011-4-28 18:37

首先，标题那里没改
其次，“超越这个”听起来好像不那么通顺，“赢下这局”怎么样？仅供参考。。。

引用 code 2011-4-29 16:46

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嘻嘻，忘记啦
我又想了想，作者的意思是说trump来竞选是荒诞至极的事情，应该不会有比这个更荒唐的政事了，所以又改成了：更荒诞的还有吗

引用 vincent1986 2011-4-29 20:15

The Audacity of Hope
无畏的梦想/无畏的希望

引用 zfxz 2011-4-29 22:07

引用 code 2011-4-30 11:33

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很好，谢谢~

引用 astrolanguage 2011-4-30 16:38

这种讨论，很有益~

引用 code 2011-5-1 00:30

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是滴~大家一起参与哈~~

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