VOA新闻杂志2022--美国女性州长候选人比以往任何时候都多

 

The two major American political parties have nominated a record number of female candidates to lead states in the country. Voting for new governors will be held in 36 American states in November.

So far, 20 women have won party nominations¹, breaking the record of 16 set four years ago. Thirteen represent the Democratic Party, and seven represent the Republican Party.

"It's notable because this is an area where women's underrepresentation has been quite persistent²," said Kelly Dittmar, director of research at Rutgers University's Center for American Women in Politics.

"But it's especially important as we see major policy issues being allocated⁴ back to the states," Dittmar said, noting recent constitutional court decisions on reproductive rights and voting rights.

Currently, nine women serve as governors in the United States, the highest number in its history.

"It's a powerful and influential⁵ political position where we want women's voices and experiences to be heard," Dittmar said.

In total, the two parties have named 47 candidates for governor.

Fifteen nominations are still to be decided⁶.

In five of the governor races this year, women represent both major parties.

"It's a good reminder⁷ for us not to make assumptions that women are the same in ways that we don't make that assumption for men who are competing against each other," Dittmar said.

Seeing women in positions of power sends an important message to donors⁸, voters and future female candidates about the ability of women to succeed at the highest political levels, Dittmar said.

"We want enough women in these offices that there are a diversity of them."

Dittmar added, "You know, we've only ever had three women of color governors in all of U.S. history. We only have one woman of color currently serving as governor. We've never had a black woman governor."

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persistent – adj. continuing over and over again

allocate³ - v. to divide and give out (something) for a special reason or to particular people, companies, etc.

assumption – n. something that is believed to be true or probably true but that is not known to be true: something that is assumed

diversity – n. the condition or fact of being different

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1 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

2 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

3 allocate   

vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归

参考例句：

• You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
• They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。

4 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

5 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

8 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》