介绍： Mexico's first female president breaks political glass ceiling

From the moment former Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum threw her hat in the ring for the presidency, the result was rarely in doubt.

Throughout the long and often gruelling campaign, as she criss-crossed the nation on commercial flights, ...

介绍： Mexico's first female president breaks political glass ceiling

From the moment former Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum threw her hat in the ring for the presidency, the result was rarely in doubt.

Throughout the long and often gruelling campaign, as she criss-crossed the nation on commercial flights, her double-digit lead in the polls would have reassured her that she was on track to make history.

She has now done so, becoming Mexico's first woman president by a huge margin. It is a watershed moment both for Mexico and her personally. Given the country's deeply ingrained patriarchy and entrenched machismo, that is no small feat.

She speaks fluent English, having completed her doctoral thesis in California. Before entering politics, she was an accomplished environmental scientist who served on the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Accordingly, she is likely to be more comfortable on the world stage than her predecessor, whose success partly stems from his direct connection with ordinary people. Still, however their relationship evolves once he leaves office, most people want to see a marked improvement from Ms Sheinbaum in one key arena: security.

Ms Sheinbaum says she hopes to reduce the murder rate from 23.3 homicides for every 100,000 residents to about 19.4 per 100,000 by 2027. That would put Mexico on par with Brazil.

To bring drug cartel violence under control, she must succeed where the men who went before her have failed.

glass ceiling
英 [ˌɡlɑːs ˈsiːlɪŋ] 美 [ˌɡlæs ˈsiːlɪŋ]
n. 玻璃天花板
拓展:
break the glass ceiling （少数女性）突破天花板
glass cliff 玻璃悬崖

throw one's hat in the ring
决定加入竞赛并渴望胜利
拓展:
ring n. （比赛的）竞技场
boxing ring 拳击台

gruelling
英 [ˈɡruːlɪŋ] 美 [ˈɡruːlɪŋ]
adj. 极度让人疲惫的、艰难的，需要巨大的努力和决心的（extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination）
拓展:
美式拼写：grueling
We pray and believe that every student can achieve outstanding results, after grueling preparations for the college entrance exam.
我们祝愿并相信每一位考生在艰辛的高考备战后都能取得优异的成绩。

criss-cross
英 [ˈkrɪskrɒs] 美 [ˈkrɪskrɑːs]
v. （像划十字一样交叉纵横地）穿梭运动
They criss-crossed the country by bus.
他们坐大巴穿梭全国。

commercial flight
商业航班
拓展:
private flight 私人飞机

on track
在正轨上，有望成功
拓展:
The athlete is on track to break the national record by the end of the season.
在赛季结束时，运动员有望打破全国纪录。

margin
英 [ˈmɑːdʒɪn] 美 [ˈmɑːrdʒɪn]
n. 边缘；（本文）差距
拓展:
win by a narrow/wide margin 以微弱/巨大优势获胜

a watershed moment
分水岭时刻，（人生重要的）转折点、分界线
拓展:
watershed n. 山脊隆起、河流向两边分流的地貌

given
英 [ˈɡɪvn] 美 [ˈɡɪvn]
prep. 鉴于，考虑到

ingrained
英 [ɪnˈɡreɪnd] 美 [ɪnˈɡreɪnd]
adj. 根深蒂固的
拓展:
近义词：entrenched
ingrained/entrenched prejudices 积重难改的偏见

patriarchy
英 [ˈpeɪtriɑːki] 美 [ˈpeɪtriɑːrki]
n. 父权制，以男性为权威的社会体系
拓展:
词源 pater（拉丁语）表示"父亲"
词源 archy（拉丁语）表示"权威"

machismo
英 [məˈtʃɪzməʊ] 美 [məˈtʃiːzmoʊ]
n. 大男子主义
拓展:
词源 macho（西班牙语）表示"男人"