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分裂的美国社会和政坛

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A recent poll by Rasmussen Reports shows that nearly one-third of the Americans surveyed believe that it's likely the United States will experience a second civil war sometime in the next five years.Meantime, a United Nations report on poverty and inequality in the US concluded that the Trump¹ administration's 1.5 trillion U.S. dollar tax cuts "overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy and worsened inequality."On the front of foreign policy, the US has withdrawn² from a number of international treaties, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership³ trade deal, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Joint⁴ Comprehensive Plan of Action – better known as the Iran nuclear deal. And recent media reports are suggesting that President Trump has complained to his aides that he wants to quit the World Trade Organization.As the political environment in the United States becomes increasingly polarized, and the gap of economic inequality continues to grow, today we talk about American domestic politics and its global implications.

For more on this, CRI's Suyi earlier spoke with Zhao Hai, Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences；Denis Campbell, founder and editor of UK Progressive magazine, co-host of The Three Muckrakers podcast and author of: Donald Trump: Deplorable Bully Also we are joined by Diao Haiyang, our colleague based in Washington DC

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

3 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。