Mark Carney stood before a walnut-veneered lectern, his face drawn tight, as he announced that talks with Canada’s biggest trading partner had collapsed.(马克·卡尼站在胡桃木贴面的讲台前，脸色紧绷，宣布与加拿大最大贸易伙伴的谈判已经破裂。) “Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us(击垮我们) so that(以便，为了) they can own us,” he said. “And I promised: that will never, ever happen. We are keeping that promise.”
马克·卡尼站在胡桃木贴面的讲台前，脸色紧绷，宣布与加拿大最大贸易伙伴的谈判已经破裂。“去年春天，我曾警告说，美国正试图击垮我们，以便占有我们，”他说，“我当时承诺：这绝不会发生。我们正在兑现这一承诺。”
For years, the former central bank governor had worked hard to calm(安抚，使平静) markets. Now, he was asking Canadians to accept uncertainty and confrontation(对抗，冲突).
多年来，这位前央行行长一直努力安抚市场。如今，他却要求加拿大人接受不确定性和对抗。
Near the end of the press conference last Saturday, a reporter made reference to(提到，提及) the sombre(阴郁的，严肃的), combative(好斗的，好战的) tone of the speech: “Why does it feel like today Mark Carney is going to war(开战，发动战争)?”
上周六的新闻发布会接近尾声时，一名记者提到了演讲中阴郁而好斗的语气：“为什么感觉今天马克·卡尼要开战了？”
‘He was pretty doggedly determined’
“他非常顽强坚定”
‘Compliance will not buy safety’
“顺从买不来安全”