The most senior elected Republican in Washington said that he will no longer defend or campaign with Donald Trump, a clear signal that party leaders are giving up hope of winning the White House.
美国共和党最资深民选官员表示，不会再为唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)辩护或为其竞选，这是该党领导人正在放弃赢得白宫的希望的明确信号。
The move by Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives who informed his Republican colleagues of the decision in a conference call, came a day after a debate performance that resurrected some hope for the Trump campaign.
美国众议院议长保罗•瑞安(Paul Ryan)是在一次电话会议中将其决定告知共和党同僚的。就在他做出这一举措一天前，特朗普在一轮电视辩论中的表现使他的阵营重燃某些希望。
Mr Ryan’s statement that he would focus on limiting electoral damage in congressional races amounted to a body blow to Mr Trump, who was counting on the debate to stem the flow of party leaders abandoning him following the release of a video in which he spoke in lewd terms about groping women.
瑞安声称，他会把注意力集中于在国会竞选中限制总统大选的破坏性影响，这一声明等于是对特朗普的一次沉重打击。后者正指望这次电视辩论能遏止共和党领导人纷纷放弃他的潮流，这一潮流始于此前一段视频的公布，视频中特朗普用十分粗俗的字眼描绘了对女性的猥亵。
I think he knows it’s over for Trump and congressional Republicans need to separate from him, said Vin Weber, a former Republican congressional leader who is close to Mr Ryan.
与瑞安关系密切的共和党前国会领导人文•韦伯(Vin Weber)表示：我想他知道特朗普已经完了，国会共和党人需要与特朗普撇清关系。
The first nationwide survey since the video’s release, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll before the debate, gave Hillary Clinton a 46-35 lead among likely voters.
美国国家广播公司(NBC)和《华尔街日报》(WSJ)在电视辩论之前、上述视频曝光之后进行的首次全国民调显示，希拉里•克林顿(Hillary Clinton)在可能的选民中支持率以46%对特朗普的35%处于领先。
Many Republicans in tight congressional races rescinded their endorsements of Mr Trump at the weekend, but Mr Ryan’s decision illustrated how much party leaders are fretting that their nominee is jeopardising their control of the Senate and even the House.
周末，置身于激烈国会竞选的多名共和党人撤销了对特朗普的背书。不过，瑞安的决定反映出，该党领导人担心这位共和党总统提名人正在危及该党对参议院甚至众议院的控制。
Although Mr Ryan did not formally withdraw his endorsement, a spokeswoman for him said: The speaker is going to spend the next month focused entirely on protecting our congressional majorities.
尽管瑞安并未正式撤回对特朗普的背书，但他的发言人表示：议长将把下个月的注意力完全集中于保护我们在国会的多数席位。
With the election less than a month away, Mr Trump sought to portray the congressional rejection as another sign that the New York real estate developer was fighting political elites.
距离大选不到一个月之际，特朗普试图将国会对他的否定描绘为身为纽约房地产开发商的自己在对抗政治精英的又一个证据。
Paul Ryan should spend more time on balancing the budget, jobs and illegal immigration and not waste his time on fighting Republican nominee, Mr Trump wrote on Twitter.
特朗普在Twitter网站上写道：保罗•瑞安应将更多时间用于平衡预算、就业问题和非法移民问题上，而不是将时间浪费在对抗共和党提名人上。
Mike Pence, Mr Trump’s running mate who failed to appear for Mr Trump at a weekend rally, sought to end talk he may replace the candidate at the top of the ticket.
特朗普的竞选搭档迈克•本斯(Mike Pence)未能出现在周末一个集会上支持特朗普。
It’s absolutely false to suggest that at any point we considered dropping [him] off the ticket, Mr Pence told Fox News.
他试图打消他或许会代替这位候选人的构想。本斯向福克斯新闻频道(Fox News)表示：提出我们曾在任何时刻考虑换掉（他）的想法是绝对错误的。
The Clinton campaign has moved to capitalise on the discord, announcing it would air attack ads hilighting endorsements from Republicans, including a former Reagan-administration official.
希拉里阵营已着手利用对手阵营的意见不合，宣布将投放多则攻击性广告，强调来自共和党人的支持——其中包括一名前里根政府官员。