For the past 10 years – such brutally(残酷地) discouraging years in the United States – we’ve been hearing good-hearted citizens put forth(提出) something they believed to their bones.
过去十年——美国经历了如此残酷而令人沮丧的十年——我们不断听到善良的公民提出一个他们深信不疑的观点。
“This is not America,” they would insist as federal agents shot people on city streets, as immigrants were called rapists and animals, as Donald Trump and his cronies stuffed their own pockets while they shrugged at the price of gas and groceries, and humiliated the nation on the world stage, alienating allies and sucking up to autocrats.(“这不是美国，”他们会坚持说，尽管联邦探员在城市街道上开枪，移民被称作强奸犯和动物，唐纳德·特朗普及其亲信中饱私囊，对油价和食品价格高企无动于衷，还在世界舞台上羞辱国家，疏远盟友，讨好独裁者。)
“这不是美国，”他们会坚持说，尽管联邦探员在城市街道上开枪，移民被称作强奸犯和动物，唐纳德·特朗普及其亲信中饱私囊，对油价和食品价格高企无动于衷，还在世界舞台上羞辱国家，疏远盟友，讨好独裁者。
And sometimes a disheartened(沮丧的，灰心的) reply would echo back(回荡，回应): “But this is America.”
有时，一个沮丧的回答会回荡过来：“但这才是美国。”