Ronald Reagan
/ˌrɒnld ˈreɪɡən/
/ˌrɑːnld ˈreɪɡən/
- (1911-2004) a US film actor and later Republican politician who became the 40th US President (1981-9). He was also governor of California (1966-74). He was a popular president, especially because of his ability to explain the government's plans and problems in a simple way to ordinary people. He was strongly conservative, reducing taxes and increasing government spending on defence, and is still very popular with people on the American right. He was strongly opposed to Communism and famously described the Soviet Union as ‘the evil empire ’ but reached agreements with it to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the two countries. In 1981 Reagan was shot and wounded in an attempt to assassinate him. In his last years in power, he was criticized for the Iran-Contra affair. He was diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease in 1992. see also INF Treaty, Reaganomics “You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.”
（1911-2004）美国电影演员，后来成为共和党政治家，成为美国第 40 任总统（1981-9）。他还曾担任加利福尼亚州州长（1966-74 年）。他是一位受欢迎的总统，特别是因为他能够以简单的方式向普通民众解释政府的计划和问题。他非常保守，减少税收并增加政府国防开支，并且仍然很受美国右翼人士的欢迎。他强烈反对共产主义，并以“邪恶帝国”来形容苏联，但与苏联达成了减少两国核武器数量的协议。 1981年，里根在试图暗杀他时被枪杀。在他执政的最后几年，他因伊朗门事件而受到批评。 1992 年，他被诊断出患有阿尔茨海默病。另请参阅《中导条约》、《里根经济学》“你可以通过一个人吃软心豆粒糖的方式来了解他的性格。”罗纳德·里根