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Harris and Trump Avoid¹ Detailed² Policies³ in Favor of Big Ideas
哈里斯和特朗普避免详细政策，倾向于大构想

Democratic⁴ presidential⁵ candidate⁶ Kamla Harris and GOP⁷ candidate Donald Trump talk about their visions⁸ for cutting⁹ taxes¹⁰ – and neither¹¹ gets bogged¹² down in the fine print¹³.
民主党总统候选人卡马拉·哈里斯和共和党候选人唐纳德·特朗普讨论了他们关于减税的愿景——而两人都没有被细节困扰。

1. avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ verb
   to keep away from somebody/something; to try not to do something
   回避；避开；躲避 ↩︎
2. detailed /ˈdiːteɪld/ adjective
   giving many details and a lot of information; paying great attention to details
   详细的；细致的；精细的 ↩︎
3. policy /ˈpɒləsi/ noun
   (plural policies)
   [countable, uncountable] a plan of action agreed or chosen by a political party, a business, etc.
   政策；方针 ↩︎
4. democratic /ˌdeməˈkrætɪk/ adjective
   Democratic
    (abbreviation Dem., D) connected with the Democratic Party in the US
   （美国）民主党的
   the Democratic Party /ðə ˌdeməˈkrætɪk pɑːti/ noun
   [singular]
   one of the two main political parties in the US, usually considered to be in favour of changing society in order to improve it
   民主党（美国两大主要政党之一，通常被认为主张社会变革） ↩︎
5. presidential /ˌprezɪˈdenʃl/ adjective
   connected with the position or activities of a president
   总统的；国家主席的 ↩︎
6. candidate /ˈkændɪdət/,  /ˈkændɪdeɪt/ noun
   a person who is trying to be elected or is applying for a job
   （竞选或求职的）候选人，申请人 ↩︎
7. GOP /ˌdʒiː əʊ ˈpiː/ abbreviation
   Grand Old Party
    (the Republican political party in the US)
   老大党（美国共和党） ↩︎
8. vision /ˈvɪʒn/ noun
   [countable] an idea or a picture in your imagination
   想象；幻象 ↩︎
9.  cut /kʌt/ /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ verb
   [transitive] to reduce something by removing a part of it
   削减；缩减；裁减 ↩︎
10. tax /tæks/ noun
    [countable, uncountable]
    ​money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits. Tax is also often paid on goods and services.
    税；税款 ↩︎
11. neither /ˈnaɪðə(r)/,  /ˈniːðə(r)/ determiner, pronoun
    not one nor the other of two things or people
    两者都不 ↩︎
12. bog /bɒɡ/ verb
    /bɒɡd/
    bog down phrasal verb​
    to make something sink into mud or wet ground
    使某人/某物陷进烂泥（或泥沼） ↩︎
13. the fine print noun /ðə ˌfaɪn ˈprɪnt/
    (North American English)(especially British English the small print)
    [uncountable]
    ​the important details of an agreement or a legal document that are usually printed in small type and are therefore easy to miss
    （合同或法律文件等中易被忽略但很重要的）小字号的附加条款 ↩︎