随着通胀上升，超过40%的人表示他们难以支付基本生活必需品的费用：皮尤研究中心的调查数据显示，在通胀水平上升的背景下，超过四成美国人表示他们正努力负担基本生活成本。
As inflation rises, more than 40 percent say they struggle to pay for basic necessities: Pew Over four in ten Americans said they are struggling to afford basic living costs amid rising inflation levels in the country, according to polling data released Wednesday.
皮尤研究中心于7月下旬和8月进行的调查发现，44%的美国成年人表示他们在支付医疗、租金或房贷、交通或食品等基本生活必需品方面遇到困难。
The Pew Research surveys, which were conducted in late July and August, found that 44 percent of U.S. adults reported struggling to pay for basic necessities like medical care, rent or mortgage, transportation or food.
调查显示，上升的成本对低收入美国人的影响更为显著，该群体中有71%的人表示他们在至少一类这些开支方面遇到了困难。
Rising costs had an even greater reported impacts on lower income Americans in the survey, with 71 percent of this group saying they had struggled with costs for at least one of these expense categories.
此外，60%的受访者表示，在该调查进行时，他们的收入不足以“过上他们想要的生活”，而53%的人表示他们没有足够的应急储蓄。
Additionally, 60 percent of people said they did not have enough income at the time of this poll to “lead the kind of life they want,” while 53 percent said they did not have sufficient emergency funds.
8月的通胀率为3.4%，较7月的3.7%有所下降。此后，劳工统计局报告称消费者价格指数进一步上涨，包括9月份上涨0.6%。
The inflation rate in August was 3.4 percent, down from 3.7 percent in July. Since then, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported further increases to the consumer price index, including a 0.6 percent increase in September.
霍尔木兹海峡在伊朗战争期间的有效关闭导致全球能源供应持续紧张，这使得油价成为通胀率上升的重要因素。
Gas prices have accounted for a sizable share of the inflation rate increases, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war places a sustained strain on global energy supplies.
根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，周三下午，美国普通汽油每加仑价格升至约4.33美元，而一年前约为3.08美元。柴油的平均价格也飙升至每加仑超过6美元，较去年同期上涨超过2美元。
A gallon of regular gas was up to around $4.33 a gallon in the U.S. on Wednesday afternoon, up from about $3.08 a year ago, according to AAA. The average cost of diesel has also spiked to over $6 a gallon, more than a $2 increase from last year.
特朗普总统试图在这场冲突及其政府与加拿大的关税争端之前，缓解人们对生活成本上升的担忧，而中期选举即将到来，可负担性预计将成为选民在投票时的首要议题。
President Trump has attempted to calm concerns about rising costs of living amid this conflict and his administration’s tariff fight with Canada ahead of the midterm elections, in which affordability is expected to be a top issue for voters at the ballot box.
在周二于阿拉斯加州举行的竞选集会上，总统并未传递出这场持续数月的冲突即将结束的希望。他向在场民众表示，自己已经“受够了”伊朗领导人，并称其政府将“对那个国家采取强硬措施”。
During a Tuesday campaign rally in Alaska, the president did not offer hope that the monthslong conflict was nearing a close, telling the crowd he has “had it” with Iran’s leaders and added that his administration was “going to do a number” on the country.
皮尤研究中心周三发布的这份报告基于对5,166名美国成年人进行的两次调查，误差范围约为1.6个百分点。其中一次调查于8月24日至30日期间进行，另一次则是在7月20日至8月9日期间开展。
The Pew report released on Wednesday was based on findings from two surveys among a sample of 5,166 U.S. adults with a margin of error of approximately 1.6 percentage points. One poll was conducted from Aug. 24-30, while the other was conducted from July 20 to Aug. 9.