夏说英语新闻晨读 第343期:欲望都市选州长
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
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本期内容：
Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has announced she is launching a bid for New York governor.
Ms Nixon, who played Miranda Hobbs on the HBO series, plans to challenge incumbent 1 Governor Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic party nomination 2.
The 51-year-old liberal activist 3, who had long been tipped to run, has never held elected office.
launch: vt. 发射（导弹、火箭等）；发起，发动
bid: n. 出价；努力争取
incumbent: adj. 现任的
nomination: n. 提名
liberal: adj. 自由主义的
activist: n. 积极分子
tip: vt. 提醒；提供消息
adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的
- He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
- It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
n.提名，任命，提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
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