一项新研究发现，随着食品杂货价格飙升，饿肚子正变得越来越普遍。
Grocery prices have risen 28 percent over since 2020 Empty stomachs are becoming more common as grocery prices soar, a new study has found.
金融公司Self Financial于8月开展的一项调查显示，半数美国人表示，由于食品价格上涨，他们现在会不吃饭。
Half of Americans reported skipping meals now because of rising food prices, according to a survey, conducted in August, by financial firm Self Financial.
联邦数据显示，从2020年9月到2026年9月，食品杂货价格上涨了28%，其中碎牛肉价格上涨67%，咖啡价格飙升108%。
Grocery prices have risen 28 percent from September 2020 to September 2026, federal data shows, with items like ground beef rising 67 percent and coffee soaring 108 per cent.
研究指出：“食品成本的上涨所产生的影响超出了人们放进购物车的东西。”这项针对约1000人的民调显示，受访者表示，食品杂货价格高企对其心理健康和压力水平的影响，超过了对体育活动和健身、饮食与营养以及睡眠与休息的影响。
“The rising cost of food is having an impact beyond what people put in their grocery carts,” the research noted. Respondents said high grocery prices impacted their mental health and stress levels more than physical activity and fitness, diet and nutrition, and sleep and rest, according to the poll of around 1,000 people.
美国人在负担能力上的挣扎，对总统唐纳德·特朗普和共和党人来说，在下周中期选举前是一个坏兆头。多项民调显示，这个国家对经济和日常用品（如食品杂货和汽油）价格感到沮丧。
Americans’ affordability struggles are a bad sign for President Donald Trump and Republicans ahead of next week’s midterm elections. Multiple polls reveal a country that’s frustrated with the economy and prices for everyday things like groceries and gas.
《纽约时报》和锡耶纳大学周三进行的一项调查发现，约69%的选民不认可特朗普治下的生活成本，另有73%的选民不认可特朗普对汽油价格的处理方式。
Some 69 percent of voters disapprove of the cost of living under Trump, and another 73 percent of voters don’t approve of Trump’s handling of gas prices, a survey Wednesday by the The New York Times and Siena University found.
锡耶纳研究所执行主任唐·利维表示，这种普遍的不满让选民认为，民主党人将在改善生活成本和其他关键领域做得更好。
That widespread disapproval has made voters think that Democrats will do a better job of improving the cost of living and in other key areas, said Siena Research Institute Executive Director Don Levy.
利维说：“选民对民主党和共和党都不满意，但他们认为民主党人在经济、生活成本、汽油价格、医疗保健、腐败、对外战争和人工智能方面更值得信任，领先幅度在8到20个百分点之间。”
“Voters are dissatisfied with both the Democratic and Republican parties but they see Democrats as more trusted to do a better job on the economy, the cost of living, gas prices, health care, corruption, foreign wars and AI by between eight and twenty points,” Levy said.
与此同时，美国人正在承受严峻的财务现实，其影响远不止超市货架。据价格追踪网站GasBuddy的数据，2026年汽油平均价格达到或超过4美元的天数超过了以往任何一年。
In the meantime, Americans are enduring a tough financial reality that goes beyond grocery-store aisles. Average gas prices have hit $4 or higher for more days in 2026 than any other previous year, according to price-tracking site GasBuddy.
新的联邦数据显示，特朗普第二个任期内各类无铅汽油的平均价格高于乔·拜登总统任期内的水平。
New federal data revealed that the average cost of all grades of unleaded gas is higher in Trump’s second term than under President Joe Biden’s term.
投资银行高盛9月的一项研究显示，过去一年里，食品杂货和汽油等必需品的成本上涨，使得年收入在5万美元及以下的家庭中，略高于60%的家庭过着月光族的生活。
Over the past year, the increased cost of essentials like groceries and gas has left just over 60 percent of households earning $50,000 or less living paycheck to paycheck, according to a September study from investment bank Goldman Sachs.