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People
who have been jobless for six months or longer
（– one definition of long-term unemployment –） typically
suffer
an erosion of skills and professional networks
that makes it harder to find a new job.
失业六个月或者更久（长期失业定义）的人通常会出现技能和职业网络的退化，而这使得他们更难找到新的工作。
who have been ...是对people的限定修饰；that makes ...修饰的是an erosion of skills and professional networks。
1.erosion 腐蚀；侵蚀，the gradual destruction of something by natural forces
“他有很多核//武//器，”洪森所在的柬埔寨人民党发言人苏艾山在谈到特XX时说。“但他对一种看不见的疾病却不以为意。”
Amid the pandemic and in the
run-up
to the presidential election, much of the world is watching the United States with a mix of shock,
chagrin
and, most of all,
bafflement
.
在疫情和总统大选即将到来的背景下，全世界无数人以震惊、懊恼，和最重要的——迷惑交织的情绪，关注着美国。
How did a superpower allow itself to be felled by a virus? And after nearly four years during which President Trump has praised authoritarian leaders and
obscenely
dismissed some other countries as insignificant and
crime-ridden,
is the United States in danger of exhibiting some of the same traits he has
disparaged
?
这样一个超级大国怎么就让自己被病毒击倒？在近四年的时间里，特XX总统不断赞美威权//领//导//人，肆意斥责其他一些国家微不足道、犯罪猖獗，但美国是否也有表现出他所蔑视的某些特质的危险？
霜降，是二十四节气之第十八个节气。斗指戌；太阳黄经为210°；每年公历10月23－24日交节。天气渐寒始于霜降，霜降是秋季的最后一个节气。
“The U.S.A. is a first-world country but it is acting like a third-world country,” said U Aung Thu Nyein, a political analyst in Myanmar.
Adding to the sense of
bewilderment
, Mr. Trump has refused to embrace an indispensable principle of democracy,
dodging
questions about whether he will commit to a peaceful transition of power after the November election should he lose.
“美国是个世界一流大国，但它的行为却像个第三世界国家。”缅甸政治分析师昂杜迎表示。
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The diminution of the United States’ global image began before the pandemic, as Trump administration officials
snubbed
international accords and embraced an America First policy. Now, though, its reputation seems to be in
free-fall
.
随着特XX政//府无视各种国际协议，奉行美国优先的政策，美国的全球形象在大流行之前就已经受损了。但现在，它的声誉似乎在直线下滑。
A Pew Research Center poll of 13 countries found that over the past year, nations including Canada, Japan, Australia and Germany have been viewing the United States in its most negative light in years. In every country surveyed, the vast majority of respondents thought the United States was doing a bad job with the pandemic.
皮尤研究中心对13个国家进行的一项调查发现，过去一年里，包括加拿大、日本、澳大利亚和德国在内的国家对美国的看法是多年来最为负面的。在每一个接受调查的国家中，绝大多数受访者都认为，美国在应对疫情的方面做的很差。
本文节选自：The New York Times（纽约时报）
发布时间：2020.09.29
作者：HANNAH BEECH
原文标题：‘I Feel Sorry for Americans’: A Baffled World Watches the U.S.
