共和黨爲阻擋特朗普作最後努力 Republicans race to derail Donald Trump
The Republican establishment is rapidly rAllying behind Marco Rubio in an eleventh-hour attempt to derail Donald Trump, amid fears that this week’s Super Tuesday primaries could tighten the brash billionaire’s grip on the party’s nomination.
美國共和黨體制內人士正在快速統一認識，以求一致支持馬可•魯比奧(Marco Rubio)，爲阻擋唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)作出最後努力。各方擔心，本週的“超級星期二”初選可能讓這名張揚的億萬富翁有更大把握獲得該黨總統候選人提名資格。
While Mr Rubio and Mr Trump ramp up their attacks on each other ahead of the March 1 primaries, Republican grandees and lawmakers are turning to the Florida senator as they become increasingly worried that the property tycoon could lock up the GOP presidential nomination within three weeks.
魯比奧和特朗普在3月1日初選前夕加緊相互攻擊，與此同時，共和黨大佬和議員紛紛寄望身爲佛羅里達州參議員的魯比奧勝出，因爲他們越來越擔心，房地產大亨特朗普可能在三週內就鎖定共和黨總統候選人提名。
They fear that a victory for Mr Trump could fatally fracture the party and prevent the GOP from winning the White House in November. Betting markets now give him an 81 per cent chance of securing the nomination, according to Predictwise, which aggregates prediction markets.
他們擔心，特朗普勝出可能導致共和黨出現致命分裂，使該黨無望在11月問鼎白宮。根據彙集預測市場數據的Predictwise，博彩市場現在認爲他有81%的機會獲得提名。
Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee senator, on Sunday became the 63rd Republican congressman, senator or governor to back Mr Rubio. Illustrating the animosity towards Mr Trump in the party, the frontrunner has received only four such endorsements, according to . Ted Cruz, the Texas senator who is loathed by his Senate peers, has been endorsed by the governor of Texas and 24 congressmen.
田納西州參議員拉馬爾•亞歷山大(Lamar Alexander)週日成爲第63位宣佈支持魯比奧的共和黨衆議員、參議員或州長。根據網站，突顯黨內對特朗普反感的是，這位領跑者只獲得了四個這樣的支持。受到參議院同僚厭惡的得克薩斯州參議員泰德•克魯斯(Ted Cruz)獲得得克薩斯州州長和24名衆議員的支持。
Many mainstream Republicans believe that Mr Trump would struggle to beat Hillary Clinton, the clear Democratic frontrunner after her resounding victory over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina on Saturday, given the comments he has made about Hispanics, Muslims, women, disabled people and people who have criticised his campaign.
許多主流共和黨人認爲，特朗普將難以擊敗希拉里•克林頓(Hillary Clinton)——上週六在南卡羅來納州大勝伯尼•桑德斯(Bernie Sanders)之後，希拉里已成爲民主黨總統競選人的明顯領跑者——原因是特朗普曾發表針對西語裔人士、穆斯林、婦女、殘疾人以及批評他競選活動的人士的負面言論，得罪了很多人羣。
Mr Trump says he has sparked a “movement” of fans who appreciate his willingness to speak out. In an interview on Sunday, he refused to condemn the Ku Klux Klan, the white supremacist group, telling NBC News, “You wouldn’t want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about”.
特朗普表示，他引發了一個粉絲“運動”，他們欣賞他願意站出來說話。在週日接受採訪時，他拒絕譴責白人至上主義團體三K黨(Ku Klux Klan)，他對NBC新聞(NBC News)表示，“你不會希望我譴責一個我一無所知的團體。”
He refused to discuss the fact that he has been backed by David Duke, a former KKK grand wizard, but later tweeted that he had disavowed the endorsement on Friday.
他拒絕討論他已得到曾擔任三K黨大祭司的戴維•杜克(David Duke)的支持，儘管他後來在Twitter發帖稱，他早在上週五就已表示拒絕接受杜克的支持。
