Donald Trump¹’s attempt to reboot his campaign appeared to be stalling yesterday as polls showed the gap with Hillary Clinton widening and as a fresh controversy² on the campaign trail provoked alarm among Republican leaders.

随着民调显示唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)与希拉里•克林顿(Hillary Clinton)之间的支持率差距扩大，以及竞选拉票过程中的新争议引发共和党(Republican)领导人震惊，特朗普重振竞选势头的企图昨日似乎一筹莫展。

Mrs Clinton’s lead is 7.7 points, according to a compilation³ of national polling by RealClearPolitics, reversing the polling advantage Mr Trump had as recently as late July. One survey by Ipsos/Reuters survey showed 19 per cent of Republicans wanted him to quit the campaign. Another revealed the property baron⁴ to be falling badly behind in Pennsylvania.

根据RealClearPolitics网站对全国民调的统计结果，希拉里的支持率领先7.7点，逆转了特朗普7月下旬还具有的民调优势。一项由益普索(Ipsos)和路透(Reuters)开展的调查显示，19%的共和党人希望特朗普退出竞选。另一项调查显示，这位地产富豪在宾夕法尼亚州的支持率大大落后。

Alarm was heightened on Tuesday night after Mr Trump made comments that prompted accusations⁵ of inciting⁶ violence against his opponent.

周二晚上，人们的震惊进一步加剧，原因是特朗普发表的言论，引发了有关他煽动针对对手的暴力活动的指控。

Speaking in Wilmington, North Carolina, Mr Trump suggested that supporters of the Second Amendment⁷, the right to bear arms, might be able to stop Mrs Clinton from appointing liberal justices to the Supreme⁸ Court.

在北卡罗莱纳州的威明顿市发表讲话时，特朗普曾暗示宪法第二修正案(Second Amendment)的支持者（即持枪权的支持者），也许能够阻止希拉里将自由派法官任命为美国最高法院(Supreme Court)法官。

“Hillary wants to abolish — essentially⁹ abolish the Second Amendment,” he told the crowd. “If she gets to pick her judges, [there is] nothing you can do folks. Although [for] the Second Amendment people maybe there is. I don’t know. But I tell you what, that will be a horrible day if Hillary gets to put her judges [in].”

他向人群表示：“希拉里想要废除——实质上废除——第二修正案。如果由她来任命法官，伙计们，你们就什么都做不了了。尽管对支持第二修正案的人来说，也许还能做点什么。我不知道。但我可以告诉你们，如果希拉里有机会任命她的法官，那将是可怕的一天。”

The comments distracted from Mr Trump’s attempt on Monday to regain¹⁰ the initiative by unveiling a more substantive¹¹ economic platform, and drew criticism from both sides of the aisle¹².

周一，特朗普曾试图通过公布更具实质性的经济竞选纲领重获主动，但上述言论起到了转移人们注意力的反作用，并招致了两党人士的批评。

Michael Hayden, a head of the CIA under George W Bush and Barack Obama, told CNN: “If someone else had said that outside the hall, he’d be in the back of the police wagon¹³ now with Secret Service questioning him.”

曾在乔治•W•布什(George W Bush)和巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)任内执掌中央情报局(CIA)的迈克尔•海登(Michael Hayden)向美国有线新闻网(CNN)表示：“如果是其他人在会场外这么说，他现在会在警车后座，接受特勤局(Secret Service)的盘问。”

The Secret Service tweeted that it was “aware” of Mr Trump’s remarks.

美国特勤局在Twitter网站上发消息称，已“注意到”特朗普的言论。