Hillary Clinton Releases New Book

Last week, former United States Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched a publicity campaign in support of her new book. The book is called “Hard Choices.” Political observers and reporters say it appears to be tied to a possible campaign for the presidency. The wife of former President Bill Clinton has not yet said whether she will be a candidate in the 2016 presidential elections.

Anne Gearan is a reporter at the Washington Post newspaper. She has been following Hillary Clinton since the 1990s. And she has read the new book.

“The book is, it sort of leaves off with a very tantalizing comment about whether she would or wouldn’t run and says ‘I haven’t decided yet.’ So it kind of leaves you hanging.”

In Hard Choices, Ms. Clinton talks about her decisions as secretary of state. She also discusses her efforts to slow the growth of poverty and working in support of women’s rights.

Ranjita de Silva de Alwis directs the Women in Public Service Project. Ms. Clinton, and several women’s colleges, launched the project in 2011.

“Secretary Clinton has put in a lot of effort to, for us to amplify women’s voices around the world. Women galvanize around her leadership. She’s not seen just as a woman who belongs to the United States, she belongs to the world, and wherever we go women say ‘she’s one of us.’”

Anne Gearan says the book tour will give Ms. Clinton’s opponents the chance to weaken her politically.

“Anything Hilary Clinton says or does from now until the moment she announces will be, you know, in some way countered by Republicans trying to knock a couple holes in the person they see as not only the most likely candidate but also the strongest of, of the potential field of Democrats.”

词汇解析

candidate

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.候选人;应试者

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

He made several favorable comments about their candidate.

他对他们的候选人发表了一些有利的评论。

Most candidates passed in grammar.

参加考试的人大多数语法及格。

comment

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.注释;评论;闲话

v.评论;注释

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The comment is recorded in the event log.

此注释将记录在事件日志中。

用作动词 (v.)

He commented that it was an excellent film.

他评论这电影很精彩。

poverty

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.贫困;贫乏;劣质

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用作名词 (n.)

They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.

他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。

amplify

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

v.扩大;详述;增强

参考例句

用作动词 (v.)

We must amplify our effort by working a lot harder.

我们必须更努力地工作来扩大成果。

weaken

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

v.使 ... 弱，削弱; 变弱; 弄淡

参考例句

用作动词 (v.)

Hansen says if the Gulf stream were to weaken it could affect marine life.

韩森说，如果湾流太弱，会影响海洋生命。

potential

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

adj.潜在的;可能的

n.潜力;潜能

n.电位;电势

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

These potential effects must be studied carefully.

这些潜在的影响必须仔细地加以研究。

用作名词 (n.)

We can only measure the difference between the potentials of two half cells when they are linked to form an electrochemical cell.

当两个半电池连接形成一个化学电池时,我们仅能测定两个半电池之间电位的差值。