2018/8/14 10:00:00
平頂山翻譯公司告訴你“提前大選”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)？
平頂山翻譯公司告訴你“提前大選”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)？
Campaigning is under way after the British House of Commons on Wednesday approved Prime Minister Theresa May's call for an early general election.
May explained the reasons for that decision: The country is coming together, but Westminster is not. In recent weeks Labour has threatened to vote against the deal we reach with the European Union. The Liberal Democrats have said they want to grind the business of government to a standsill.The Scottish National Party say they will vote against the legislation that formally repeals Britain's membership of the European Union. And unelected members of the House of Lords have vowed to fight us every step of the way.
Our opponents believe that because the Government's majority is so small, our resolve will weaken and that they can force us to change course. They are wrong. They under-estimate our determination to get the job done and I am not prepared to let them endanger the security of millions of working people across the country.
英國(guó)下議院19日批準(zhǔn)首相特雷莎·梅提出的提前大選后，競(jìng)選活動(dòng)已經(jīng)展開。
梅姨對(duì)提前大選的決定做出了解釋：國(guó)家正在走向團(tuán)結(jié)，但議會(huì)卻不是。最近幾周，工黨一直威脅將會(huì)投票反對(duì)我們與歐盟達(dá)成的脫歐協(xié)議。自由民主黨也表示，他們希望政府的運(yùn)作陷入停頓狀態(tài);蘇格蘭民族黨表示，他們將投票反對(duì)政府立法正式廢除英國(guó)作為歐盟成員國(guó)的地位。那些非選舉產(chǎn)生的上議院議員，也發(fā)誓要反對(duì)我們每一步的行動(dòng)。
我們的政治對(duì)手認(rèn)為，政府的多數(shù)席位優(yōu)勢(shì)并不明顯，所以我們的決心會(huì)被削弱，他們可以迫使政府改變方向。他們錯(cuò)了。他們低估了我們完成這項(xiàng)任務(wù)的決心，而且我決不會(huì)任由他們危及全國(guó)上下數(shù)百萬(wàn)工薪階層的安全。
【講解】
文中的early/snap general election就是“提前大選”的意思，其中snap意為“突然的”。19日，英國(guó)下議院(the House of Commons)以522票贊成、13票反對(duì)(522 votes in favor and 13 against)的壓倒性多數(shù)通過(guò)了提前大選的動(dòng)議(approve the motion for an early election by an overwhelming majority)。
第三段中，under-estimate意為“低估，小瞧”，例如：They underestimated the enemy's strength. 他們低估了敵人的力量。
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