Take Jonathan Pruitt, an evolutionary biologist at McMaster University.

比如麦克马斯特大学的进化生物学家乔纳森·普鲁伊特。

University of California Santa Barbara arachnologist Jonathan Pruitt.

加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校的蜘蛛学家乔纳森·普鲁伊特说道。

THIS HESITANT REACTION to Pruitt's rollback underscores the strange position in which the EPA administrator finds himself.

对普鲁伊特的退让的迟疑反应也突显出这位环保署署长所处的奇怪处境。

Pruitt thinks the difference is due to hurricanes lowering the number of insect prey flying around.

普鲁伊特认为，造成这种差异的原因是飓风减少了到处飞的昆虫猎物的数量。

President Donald Trump says he has faith in the embattled head of the Environment Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt.

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，他相信身处困境的国家环境保护局局长斯科特·普鲁伊特。

Pruitt says as hurricanes become more common, they could have an outsized impact on the spider's evolutionary trajectory.

普鲁伊特表示，随着飓风越来越常见，其可能对蜘蛛的进化轨迹产生巨大影响。

Pruitt found that when aggressive colonies survived a storm, they produced more baby spiders than did their less aggressive counterparts.

普鲁伊特发现，好斗的蜘蛛群在风暴中存活下来后，其产仔数量要多于不那么好斗的同类。

In making the announcement, Pruitt criticized his predecessors for unrealistic goals and promised to get this right going forward.

在宣布这一决定时，普鲁伊特一方面批评了自己的前任们设置的目标不切实际，另一方面也承诺要“让形势回归正轨”。

Now Pruitt has hinted that the fight over vehicle-emissions standards will remain bitter if blue states don't fall into line.

由于普鲁伊特已经暗示，如果蓝州不同意，关于汽车排放标准的争论还会愈演愈烈。

As he was boarding Air Force One Thursday, Trump was asked if he still has confidence in Pruitt, the President responded I do.

周四，特朗普登上空军一号的时候，被问到他是否还对普鲁伊特有信心，总统回答说: “我有。”

Rumors that Sessions' neck is on the chopping block are constant, and Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has been angling to replace him.

有关赛申斯已经被送上断头台了的传言不断，而美国环境保护署署长斯科特·普鲁伊特一直在试图接替塞申斯。

Now that Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt has delivered, however, carmakers are concerned that the rollback will bring a whole new set of challenges.

然而，由于环保署署长斯科特·普鲁伊特已经兑现了放宽政策的承诺，汽车制造商们担心，政策的推回会带来一系列新的挑战。

The EPA failed to find an auto dealer to play host, so Pruitt delivered brief remarks at the agency's headquarters, with limited press access.

环保署没能找到愿意充当东道主的汽车经销商，所以，普鲁伊特在环保署总部只发表了简短的讲话，同时只允许一小部分媒体采访。