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（气味、微风等）轻飘、飘送；此处指微风轻拂草木
"A breeze wafts the grasses and ferns; bramble tendrils are creeping down the hillside."
（声音）刺耳的、喧闹的；粗野嘈杂的
"The tiny, mischievous figures that frolic in an arch around Titania's bower seem like trespassers from another painting, possibly one of Bosch's raucous scenes."
引起轰动、激起议论
"In 1841 Dadd caused a stir with the exhibition of two fairy paintings inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream: Puck and Titania Sleeping."
苍白的、（面色）无血色的；引申为缺乏生气的
"One of these, the Scene from Hamlet of 1840, depicts a pallid Hamlet taken aback in shock, as the ghost of his father appears to him through the shadows;"
把箭搭在弓弦上（准备射击）
"In Robin Hood (1852), one Robin Hood nocks an arrow, while an identical Robin Hood holds back the hound."
（借自科幻小说）巨型、具侵略性的植物；此处指画中异常巨大的植物
"Dadd places an abnormally large plant directly behind the sitter's head, so that it looms over him like an attacking triffid."
令人生厌的、恶臭的；此处引申为'扰人的、令人不适的（入侵者）'
"It is tempting to read more than we should into these noisome invaders."
（光线）朦胧的、晦暗的，如同黄昏或黎明时分的微光
"The lighting is crepuscular; tall grass stems stripe the foreground; veined, juicy-looking leaves curtain off the top-right corner."
（热浪）猛烈的、灼人的；（如鞭打般）强烈的
"The pair were constantly on the move, spending many hours each day in the saddle, often in belting heat."
（音乐的）强拍反拍；此处比喻'内在的节奏/逻辑线索'（'no backbeat'意即缺乏统一的解释线索）
"There are symbols everywhere, but there's no backbeat."
（历史/寓意性的）盛大游行、露天表演；此处引申为'如梦似幻的、华丽铺陈的景象'
"they 'all seemed to slip away from me as if unreal … pageants of a dream, rather than a substantial reality'."
时代错误、不合时宜的人或事物（此处指画中与历史年代不符的元素）
"Roman centurions did not exist until at least a thousand years after the flight of the Israelites is supposed to have taken place. This is not the only anachronism on display."
好争辩的、爱争论的
"It seems likely that this aloofness belied a loud and disputatious interior that was more real to him than the society of human beings."
（诗中）闺房、凉亭、荫蔽的居所；此处指 Titania 沉睡的华美床榻/居所
"The tiny, mischievous figures that frolic in an arch around Titania's bower seem like trespassers from another painting, possibly one of Bosch's raucous scenes."
不怀好意地斜视、色眯眯地看、带着恶意或猥琐地注视
"They leer at the classical beauties with bulging eyes and distended noses, blowing on curved horns and cornets in their attempt to wake Titania from her sleep."
处于不断变动、不稳定、未定的状态
"If local officials in Texas, Florida and Iowa have held up the certifications of enough votes for the House seats in those states to remain in flux."
严厉打击、严厉管制（某行为或群体）
"All three states have Republican governors and attorney generals who are unlikely to clamp down on rogue local officials."
使人脑中浮现、唤起（某种意象、联想或恐惧）
"Trump's order conjures up the threat of a sinister cabal of non-citizens trying to undermine American democracy one vote at a time."
（引申义，常带贬义）追随者、门徒、盲从者
"McCumber, however, could be fired at any time by the current speaker, the oleaginous MAGA acolyte Mike Johnson."
（作动词，引申义）装扮、扮演（某个角色）；此处讥指某人「装模作样地扮成执法人员」
"But the spectacle of Gabbard cosplaying a cop was less important than the simple fact of the search."
为……烦恼、焦虑、耿耿于怀
"Politicians and voting rights groups have been fretting about the risk that Mullin or the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, will station armed personnel at polling locations."
（作定语）行为失控、不守规矩、擅自妄为的；（官员）无法无天的
"All three states have Republican governors and attorney generals who are unlikely to clamp down on rogue local officials."
（引申义）事物的渊源、来历、历史传承；某项做法可追溯的「出身」
"Despite this historical pedigree, and his own use of the system, Trump constantly calls this method 'inherently corrupt'."
（贬义）一小撮秘密结党营私、密谋的集团
"Trump's order conjures up the threat of a sinister cabal of non-citizens trying to undermine American democracy one vote at a time."
油滑的、谄媚圆滑的（引申义：过分讨好而令人生厌的）
"McCumber, however, could be fired at any time by the current speaker, the oleaginous MAGA acolyte Mike Johnson."
（在本文语境中作动词）容忍、容许、接受（某件令人不快或不当的事）
"This fragmentation makes it hard for anyone, even a president unwilling to countenance his party losing, to rig election outcomes."
虚假的、站不住脚的、似是而非的（尤指理由、指控）
"But what happens if a local official refuses to certify the result, citing spurious allegations of fraud?"
（贬义）欺诈、狡辩、玩弄手段的诡计
"It deflects attention from the real risk of insiders bending or breaking rules to their own political advantage, and even offers an excuse for such chicanery."
（本文中略带贬义）古怪的个人特性、琐细的癖性；事物赖以成其为自身的「本质」
"Not only does it mean that voting rules turn on the quiddities of the local clerk."
否认主义（者）的狂热；拒不承认既定事实的激烈情绪
"On the contrary, the state officials are likely to stoke denialist fervour."
（比喻）小故障、小波折、暂时的磕绊（本义为打嗝）
"One of the Republican commissioners, Clara Andriola (bizarrely, a candidate herself in one of the primaries), spoke vaguely of unspecified 'hiccups' in the election to explain her refusal."
（比喻）萦绕不去的威胁、恐惧的幽灵；令人忧惧的潜在危险
"But the spectre of these illegitimate voters is still useful."
（组织内部的）举报人、吹哨人
"A Postal Service whistleblower told Congress that the agency was cutting corners to get the system operational before the midterms."
（正式）断言、坚称、郑重声明
"Yet Garland averred his neutrality, and proclaimed that his was the best path towards avoiding 'party advantage'."
（政治）候选人名单、竞选阵容
"New Jersey's Democratic secretary of state naturally opposed this decision, and certified a slate of five Democrats instead."
（本文语境中）照报纸宣读名单：指众议院书记员不依据正式选举证书，而援引报纸所载名单来决定议席归属
"A week earlier, the New-Yorker had reported that Garland 'will take the responsibility of reading from a newspaper a list of the claimants from New Jersey, instead of the returned Members'."
（美国国会术语）常设机构：指参议院作为永久延续的机构，每两年仅部分改选，不因解散而中断
"The Senate operates as a 'continuing body' – with only a third of its members up for election every two years – so the president and senators who remain in office would answer the question there."
（正式）加盖、附上（印章、签名等）；把……固定于……
"The governor, himself a Whig, endorsed these certifications, affixing to them the 'broad seal' of the state."
（历史制度术语）州玺/国玺：加盖于正式文书上的官方大印，象征国家或州最高权威的认证
"The governor, himself a Whig, endorsed these certifications, affixing to them the 'broad seal' of the state."
（作动词）部署、派驻（人员，尤指武装或安保人员）于某处
"Politicians and voting rights groups have been fretting about the risk that Mullin or the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, will station armed personnel at polling locations."
炫耀地、招摇地、故意引人注目地
"The search made national news when the then director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, turned up, ostentatiously ringing the White House – she didn't get through at first – as boxes of ballots were being hauled away."
令人不安的、令人窘迫的、使人不自在的
"The clerk was defeated, but his failure is cold comfort: the discomfiting precedent of a president threatening to send troops to Capitol Hill to ensure a 'proper' vote count remains."
万无一失的、绝不会出错的；连傻瓜也能用的
"Of course, this method is itself far from foolproof, especially when used for an electorate the size of Washoe's."
（本文选举语境）清除、剔除（选民名册上的某些登记者）；清洗
"State officials can now use this information to purge their registration rolls."
（口语、非正式）随手丢弃、扔掉；把……赶出去
"It was planning to use a design that batched received ballots by the tens of thousands and then chucked out whole bundles if a single barcode failed."
（作动词）把……按批分组、成批处理
"It was planning to use a design that batched received ballots by the tens of thousands and then chucked out whole bundles if a single barcode failed."
勇敢地面对、顶住（压力或强权）；不屈服于
"The Supreme Court has not covered itself in glory when it comes to standing up to Trump."
（新产品、政策、系统的）正式推出、铺开、推广的过程
"Indeed, a little more than a week later, the court temporarily lifted a ban on the rollout of the Department of Homeland Security's 'confirmed' citizenship database."
（习语，多用于否定）赢得荣誉、大出风头；表现得体而出色
"The Supreme Court has not covered itself in glory when it comes to standing up to Trump."