Donald trump flouts coronavirus rules with 'reckless and selfish' indoor rally

The US President addressed a packed rally in Nevada in defiance of the state's 50-person limit on meetings - and where many attendees failed to wear masks

Lizzy Buchan

Political Correspondent

17:21, 14 SEP 2020

Flout  v. /flaʊt/ to show that you have no respect for a law, etc. by openly not obeying it 公然藐视，无视（法律等） • Motorists regularly flout the law . 驾车者经常无视法律。• to flout authority/convention 公然藐视权威╱惯例

Reckless  adj. /ˈrekləs/  showing a lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions 鲁莽的；不计后果的；无所顾忌的 • He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety. 他对个人安危全然无所顾忌。

Rally 名词 /ˈræli/  

1.公众集会，群众大会（尤指支持某信念或政党的）•to attend/hold a rally 参加╱召集大会 •a peace/protest, etc. rally 和平集会、抗议集会等 •a mass rally in support of the strike 支持罢工的群众大会

2. （汽车、摩托车等的）拉力赛 •the Monte Carlo rally 蒙特卡洛汽车拉力赛 •rally driving 公路赛车

3. ( in tennis and similar sports 网球及类似项目 ) （争夺一分的）往返拍击；对打

4. ( in sport or on the Stock Exchange 体育运动或证券交易 ) an act of returning to a strong position after a period of difficulty or weakness 止跌回升 •After a furious late rally, they finally scored. 他们后来状态恢复迅速，终于得分了。

Indoor rally：室内集会

Rally 动词1. ~ (sb/sth) (around/behind/to sb/sth) to come together or bring people together in order to help or support sb/sth 召集；集合

•The cabinet rallied behind the Prime Minister. 内阁团结一致支持首相。

•They have rallied a great deal of support for their campaign. 他们为竞选活动征得了大量的支持。

2.to become healthier, stronger, etc. after a period of illness, weakness, etc. 复原；恢复健康；振作精神

•He never really rallied after the operation. 手术后，他根本没有真正康复。

3.[ V ] ( finance 财 ) ( especially of share prices or a country's money 尤指股票价格或货币 ) to increase in value after falling in value 价格回升；跌后回升 • The company's shares had rallied slightly by the close of trading. 这家公司的股票价格在收盘前略有回升。 •The pound rallied against the dollar. 英镑对美元的比值回升了。

4.ˌrally ˈround/aˈround（sb）

( of a group of people 一群人 ) to work together in order to help sb who is in a difficult or unpleasant situation 团结在一起

Nevada  /nəˈvædə; nəˈvɑːdə/ n. 内华达（美国州名）

Defiance  /dɪˈfaɪəns/  n  open refusal to obey sb/sth 违抗；反抗；拒绝服从 • a look/an act/a gesture of defiance 反抗的神色╱行动╱表示

• Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban. 尽管国际上明令禁止，核试验又在进行了。

Attendee /ˌætenˈdiː/  出席者；在场者

Donald trump has addressed his first indoor campaign rally since June, in defiance of coronavirus guidelines.

The US President spoke to large crowds at the event outside Las Vegas on Sunday - despite a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in Nevada.

People were pictures sitting crowded together, with many failing to wear masks and to social distance from eachother.

Nevada's Democrat Governor Steve Sisolak condemned the President for flouting state rules, accusing him of "reckless and selfish actions that are putting countless lives in danger here".

condemn v.  /kənˈdem/  

EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL 表示不赞成

1. ~ sb/sth (for/as sth) to express very strong disapproval of sb/sth, usually for moral reasons （通常因道义上的原因而）谴责，指责 •The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

 SB TO PUNISHMENT 处以刑罚

2.[ usually passive ] ~ sb (to sth) to say what sb's punishment will be 宣判；判处（某人某种刑罚） •He was condemned to death for murder and later hanged. 他因凶杀罪被判处死刑后被绞死。 •She was condemned to hang for killing her husband. 她因杀害亲夫被处以绞刑。

SB TO DIFFICULT SITUATION 把某人置于困境

3. [ usually passive ] ~ sb to sth to force sb to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation 迫使…接受困境（或不愉快的状况）•They were condemned to a life of hardship. 他们不得不过着艰难的生活。

STH DANGEROUS 危险的事物

4.[usually passive ] ~ sth (as sth) to say officially that sth is not safe enough to be used 宣告使用…不安全 •a condemned building 一座已宣告不能居住的危楼 •The meat was condemned as unfit to eat. 这种肉被宣告不宜食用。

SHOW GUILT 表明有罪

5.[ VN ] to show or suggest that sb is guilty of sth 证明（或表明）有罪•She is condemned out of her own mouth (= her own words show that she is guilty) . 她自己说的话显示她有罪责。

"The President appears to have forgotten that this country is still in the middle of a global pandemic," he tweeted.

The event was the first indoor rally the President has held since June, when an event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was later blamed for a coronavirus spike in the local area.

Tulsa /ˈtʌlsə/ n. 塔尔萨（美国俄克拉菏马州东北部城市）

Oklahoma /ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/n. 美国俄克拉荷马州

Mr trump's Democrat rival Joe Biden has criticised him for hosting campaign events during the pandemic, which has killed more than 194,000 people in the United States.

rival  /ˈraɪvl/  

1.~ (to sb/sth) (for sth)  竞争对手 •The two teams have always been rivals. 这两个队一直是竞争对手。  •This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available) . 这种最新款式独领风骚。

2.~ sb/sth (for/in sth) to be as good, impressive, etc. as sb/sth else 与…相匹敌；比得上

3.rival [ only before noun ] adj  •a rival bid/claim/offer 竞争投标；对立的权利要求；竞争的出价

But the President had blasted Mr Biden for doing fewer events ahead of the November 3 election.

Blast词义非常多，这里就不展开了。在文中它的含义是猛烈的批评~ sb/sth (for sth/for doing sth) ( informal ) to criticize sb/sth severely 严厉批评；猛烈抨击 •The movie was blasted by all the critics. 这部影片受到了所有评论家的严厉抨击。

Ahead of the rally, Mr trump sent a series of bizarre tweets: "Once again, Sleepy Joe told the press they could go home at 9 A.M.

bizarre  adj. /bɪˈzɑː(r)/  very strange or unusual 极其怪诞的；异乎寻常的

• a bizarre situation/incident/story 稀奇古怪的局势╱事件╱故事 • bizarre behaviour 古怪的行为

"Meanwhile, your Favorite President, me, will go to Reno, Nevada tonight, three stops in Las Vegas tomorrow, with California and Arizona on schedule Monday.

Reno n. 里诺（美国一城市名，著名的“离婚城市”，离婚法非常宽松）

go to Reno在非正式表达中也可以表示脱离婚姻关系

"Don’t worry, we won’t be taking off Tuesday, either!"

He added: "While I travel the Country, Joe sleeps in his basement, telling the Fake News Media to “get lost”."

Take off有起飞；脱下；离开；突然成功的意思。与时间连用，表示休假。这里指川普周二也不会休息，继续巡回。

Basement：地窖，地下室

The President's campaign said the Nevada rally was opportunity for supporters to exercise their rights to peaceful assembly.

"If you can join tens of thousands of people protesting in the streets, gamble in a casino, or burn down small businesses in riots, you can gather peacefully under the First Amendment to hear from the President of the United States," spokesman Tim Murtaugh said.

casino  n./kəˈsiːnəʊ/ 赌场 有文章说来源是早期华人赌场粤语喊“开始了”。

burn down：烧毁，烧成平地 • Six months after Bud died, the house burned down.  巴德死后6个月时房子烧毁了。

Riot  /ˈraɪət/

1.暴乱；骚乱•food/race riots 争抢食物的暴乱；种族骚乱

2.~ of sth ( formal ) a collection of a lot of different types of the same thing 丰富多彩；品种繁多 •The garden was a riot of colour . 花园里色彩缤纷。

3.a riot 非常有趣的人（或事） 4. V发生骚乱；闹事

5. run ˈriot (1) ( of people 人 ) to behave in a way that is violent and/or not under control 撒野；恣意妄为 •They let their kids run riot. 他们听任自己的孩子撒野。 (2) （指想象、情感等）任意发挥，奔放(3) ( of plants 植物 ) 生长繁茂；疯长

Participants were to have temperatures taken before entry and be given a mask they would be encouraged to wear, the campaign said.

原文链接：https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-flouts-coronavirus-rules-22680954