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As a result, the Trump Candidacy has become a referendum on whether the credentials of the qualified elite are a liability next to machismo, single minded nationalism and information-age street smarts.
-candidacy n. someone's candidacy is their position of being a candidate in an election
-referendum n. if a country hold a referendum on a particular policy, they ask the people to vote on the policy and show whether or not they agree with it
-machismo n. you use machismo to refer to men;s behavior or attitudes when they are very conscious and proud of their masculinity
-credential n. something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
-liability n. if you say that someone is a liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment
결과적으로 트럼프의 출마는 자격을 갖춘 엘리트들의 기득권이 남성우월적이고 속좁은 국수주의와 정보화 시대의 인터넷 똑똑이들과 나란히 골칫거리인지를 확인하는 국민투표가 되었다.
Given Trump's affinity for Ronald Reagan--or at least affinity for Reagan's winning image within the GOP--the analogy to the 40th president repays consideration.
-affinity n. if you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well
로널드 리건과 트럼프의 유사성에서 보면, 적어도 공화당내에서 리건의 승리하는 이미지와의 유사성이 있다라고 본다면, 40대 대통령과의 비교는 다시 생각해봐야 할 문제인 것이다.
Like Trump. Reagan tended to eschew policy specifics, preferring to conserve his energy to focus on a few big things.
-eschew v. if you eschew something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it
트럼프와 마찬가지로 리건은 정책의 세세한 부분은 피하고 몇 개의 중요한 건에 집중하기 위하여 에너지를 아꼈다.
"It is only part of the story," Kennedy wrote of the loneliness of the office, "for, during the rest of the time, no one in the country is more assailed by divergent advice and clamorous counsel."
-assail v. if someone assails you, they criticize you strongly
-clamorous adj. if you describe people or their voices clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting
"그 것은 일부에 불과하지요,"라고 재임 당시의 외로움에 대하여 케네디는 말을 이어나갔다. "대부분의 시간에 어떤 사람도 저처럼 다양한 충고와 시끌법적한 상담으로 비난받지는 않을 겁니다."
It is telling that he refracts history through the prism of negotiating and deal making.
-refract v. when a ray of light or a sound wave refracts or is refracted, the path it follows bends at a particular point, for example, when it enters water or glass
그가 협상과 거래의 성사라는 프리즘을 통해 역사를 왜곡하고 있다는 것을 보여준다.
Unabashedly improvisational, Trump revels in his lack of conventional political or policy experience.
-unabashed adj. if you describe someone as unabashed, you mean that they are not ashamed, embarrassed, or shy about something, especially when you think most people would be
-revel v. if you revel in a situation or experience, you enjoy it very much
뻔뻔할 정도로 즉흥적인 트럼프는 전통적인 정치나 정책 경험이 없음을 오히려 즐기고 있다.
He told TIME that he has begun spending some time with experts, but there is, to say the least, little sign that he is about to wonk out.
-wonk n. wonk is a person who obsessively interested in a specified subject
그는 타임지와의 인터뷰에서 전문가들과 시간을 보내기 시작했다라고 밝혔지만, 조금도 과장하지 않고 그가 꼼꼼하게 살펴보겠다는 신호는 거의 보이지 않는다.
People are riled up, full of fear, and that is completely understandable.
-rile v. if something riles you, it makes you angry
사람들은 공포에 사로잡혀 분노했고 그것은 매우 당연한 것이었다.
The attacks have shaken E.U. already threatened by the looming departure of the U.K., which was galvanized by complaints over migration.
-galvanize v. to galvanize someone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry
그 공격은 다가오는 영국의 탈퇴로 이미 위협받고 있는 유럽연합을 뒤흔들었다. 영국은 이민에 대한 불만으로 충격을 먹은 바 있다.
We are not at that watershed moment yet where Europe will overhaul one of its core founding pillars.
-watershed n. if something such as an event is a watershed in the history or development of something, it is very important because it represents the beginning of a new stage in it.
우리는 유럽이 연합의 주축이 되는 기둥 중 하나를 뽑아버리게 되는 그 분수령의 시점에 아직 도달하지 않았다.
Thailand is holding a referendum on a new constitution Aug.7, but many international observers consider it a farce.
-farce n. a farce is a humorous play in which the characters become involved in complicated and unlikely situation
태국은 8월 7일 새내각에 대하여 국민투표를 실시하지만 국제적으로는 웃음거리로 여겨지고 있다.
Thousands have been purged.
-purge v. to purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. you can also talk about purging people from an organization
수천명이 숙청당했다.
Putin's government uses illicit methods--active measures in the lingo of KGB, where he made his career--to influence events ranging from European soccer tournaments to the Olympics to military incursions.
-illicit adj. an illicit activity or substance is not allowed by law or the social customs of a country
-lingo n. a lingo is a range of words or a style of language which is used in a particular situation or by a particular group of people
-incursion n. if there is an incursion into a country, enemy soldiers suddenly enter it
푸틴의 정부는 유럽의 축구결정전부터 올림픽과 군사적 침입에 이르는 다양한 사건들에 개입하기 위하여 불법적인 방법을 이용했는데, 그가 자신의 경력을 키웠던 KGB의 용어로는 적극적인 조치였다.
"You can't just talk someone into trusting you. You've got to earn it," Clinton continued, to a smattering of applause that was tentative and awkward, like the moment.
-smattering n. a smattering of something is a very small amount of it.
"단지 말로 누군가를 믿게 할 수는 없습니다. 신뢰는 얻는 것입니다."라고 그 순간처럼 일시적이고 어색했던 약간의 박수갈채에 클린턴은 말을 이어나갔다.
Millions of Americans still don't know what to make of this trailblazing, catalyzing, polarizing woman--a fact that her friends chalk up to her bone-deep feminism.
-trailblazing adj. a trailblazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original
-catalyze v. to change or bring about as a catalyst
-chalk A up to B v. to consider B is the main reason for A
수백만명의 미국인들은 아직도 그녀의 친구들이 뼛속 깊은 여성주의 때문에 그렇다고 생각하는 이 선구적이고 선동적이며 양극화되어 있는 여인을 이해하지 못하고 있다.
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