John McCain
War Hero
Senator
Presidential Contender
Dies at 81
John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a two-time contender for the presidency, died on Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was 81.
自豪的海军飞行员、从人生谷底的一名越南战俘擢升为亚利桑那州共和党联邦众议员和参议员并两度竞选总统的约翰·麦凯恩，周六在亚利桑那州家中去世，享年81岁。
According to a statement from his office, Mr. McCain died at 4:28 p.m. local time. He had suffered from a malignant brain tumor, called a glioblastoma, for which he had been treated periodically with radiation and chemotherapy since its discovery in 2017.
他的办公室发布声明说，麦凯恩先生当地时间下午4点28分去世。他患有一种被称为“恶性胶质瘤”的恶性脑瘤，2017年发现以来，定期采用放疗和化疗方法治疗。
Despite his grave condition, he soon made a dramatic appearance in the Senate to cast a thumbs-down vote against his party’s drive to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But while he was unable to be in the Senate for a vote on the Republican tax bill in December, his endorsement was crucial, though not decisive, in the Trump administration’s lone legislative triumph of the year.
尽管健康情况恶化，他很快戏剧性地出现在参议院，投票反对本党取消《奥巴马医保》法案的动议。12月，尽管他无法现身参议院投票支持共和党减税法案，但他的支持对特朗普政府当年的立法胜局至关重要，即便并非决定性的。
