每日一篇 4.3

The Border Feud  边境争端

 bolstered:支持

 coils:缠绕

 barbed wire:带刺铁丝网

ranch:大牧场

deterrent:震慑作用

tore:撕扯

fence:围栏

 horribly barbaric:极其野蛮

border-enforcement:边境执法

 popped up :出现

 a mound of discarded clothes:一堆废弃的衣服

 diapers and other detritus:尿布和其他碎屑

erupted into a defining issue:已成为决定性问题

are bogged down:陷入困境

unprecedented:前所未有的

levels of cases:案件数量

tumult:骚乱

underfunded, opaque and bursting at the seams:资金不足,不透明和不堪重负

signature issue:标志性问题

rhetoric:言论

poisoning:中毒

boxed:打击

 rebounding:反弹

pandemic restrictions faded:大流行限制的解除

overrun with :挤满

 dropped off:被送来

sanctuary cities.:庇护城市

 followed suit with similar moves:也采取了类似举措

unauthorized to work:没有资格工作

doorsteps :家门口

 With little aid forthcoming:几乎没有援助

inhumane:不人道

 drive a wedge:形成隔阂

paradoxically:矛盾的是

 get a free ride:免费搭车

asylum seekers:寻求庇护者

 enforcement :执法

laments:感叹

 shipping containers:集装箱

patrol the area :巡逻

 rifles.:步枪

 spectacle:奇观

 security initiative:安全计划

led to xxx apprehensions statewide:被捕,全州

there’s a whack-a-mole aspect to the effort:一个问题解决,另一个问题出现,永无止境

secure one area:确保一个地区的安全

stem the tide of new arrivals:阻止新移民潮

stance has hardened:立场更强硬

 swept to the presidency:当选总统

 shine a spotlight on the issue:引起人们对这一问题的关注

Migrant encounters:移民数量

 get in, :介入

despite:尽管

was released on parole:被假释

narcotics :毒品

 a porous border:漏洞百出的边境

drug smuggling:毒品走私

seized:查获

 lethal:致命的

doses of :剂量

 extorted:勒索

 compelled to pay gangs:被迫向团伙支付

diversions:转移

smuggle drugs:走私毒品

 an influx of people:大量人员

 tie up every resource :占用资源

exploit more areas.:开拓领域

exploded globally:激增

economic fallout:经济影响

political turmoil:政治动荡

 hail from all over the world:来自世界各地

secure papers:安全文件

 start a tenuous new life:开始脆弱的生活

 evaluating who meets the criteria:评估谁符合标准

Sorting out claims:理清索赔

 surrendered:自首

 laid the groundwork:奠定基础

It went nowhere:毫无结果

 the powers to expel people:驱逐人员的权力

sent away:遣返

 frenzied talks:疯狂的谈判

yielding a  deal:达成协议

swiftly collapsed:迅速崩溃

 is now campaigning on the idea:宣传

shore up the border:加固边境

thwarted:阻挠

tactic:策略

enact:实施

advocates:倡导者

address a political weakness:解决

could cost him votes:失去选票

 political grandstanding:政治的哗众取宠

She’s sick of:厌倦

 overhaul:彻底改革

sober:清醒

dismayed:沮丧

 hardline:强硬

 disillusioned:失望

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