时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA双语新闻 2008年2月


英语课

Democrat 1 Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were the big winners Tuesday in presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.


 


竞争美国民主党总统候选人提名的奥巴马和共和党提名的麦凯恩都在星期二马里兰州、维吉尼亚州和首都华盛顿的初选中大胜。



Barack Obama is on a roll.


 


奥巴马连战连胜。



"We have now won east and west and north and south and across the heartland of this country we love," he said.


 


奥巴马说:“我们在我们热爱的美国的东部、南部、西部、北部以及广大中心地带都赢得了胜利。”



Obama won all three primaries by a comfortable margin. He won about 90 percent of the African-American vote in all three contests and broadened his base of support among white voters, including both men and women.


 


奥巴马以明显的优势赢了这三个地区的初选,得到了90%以上非洲裔美国人的选票,也扩大了白人选民,包括男性和女性选民对他的支持。



Eager to look ahead, Hillary Clinton is already campaigning in Texas, which holds its primary on March 4.


 


克林顿则急著打开新的局面,她已经在将于3月4日举行初选的大州德克萨斯州开展竞选。



"I am tested. I am ready," she said. "Let us make it happen!"


 


克林顿说:“我久经考验。我已经准备好了。让我们使之成为现实!”



The latest delegate estimates give Obama a modest lead over Clinton. The Associated Press count shows both candidates with about 1,200 committed delegates.


 


在最新的党代表票数估计上,奥巴马以微小的优势领先克林顿。美联社的点算结果显示,两人目前都获得大约1200名党代表的支持。



It takes 2,025 delegates to secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination 3 in the state-by-state primary and caucus 4 balloting 5 that will culminate 6 in the party's national nominating convention in Colorado in late August.


 


民主党候选人要赢得党内提名,必须至少有获得2025名党代表的支持。他们首先在各州的初选或者党内预选中逐步争取到这些党内支持,最后于8月底在科罗拉多州的全国党代表大会上以各自得到的党代表票数对决。



Obama is favored in next Tuesday's contests in Wisconsin and Hawaii, while Clinton hopes to rebound 7 in Texas and Ohio on March 4.


 


奥巴马在下星期二威斯康辛和夏威夷州初选中占优势。克林顿希望3月4号在德克萨斯和俄亥俄州逆转局势。



In the Republican presidential race, Senator John McCain of Arizona solidified 8 his grip on the party nomination with convincing victories in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.


 


在共和党的竞选中。亚利桑那州联邦参议员麦凯恩在马里兰、维吉尼亚两州以及首都华盛顿,获得明显的胜利,巩固了他争取共和党提名的优势。



Increasingly, McCain is turning his attention to the general election campaign against the Democrats 9.


 


麦凯恩越来越将他的注意力转向在总统大选时与民主党之间的竞争。



"We do not yet know for certain who will have the honor of being the Democratic Party's nominee 10 for president," he said. "But we know where each of their candidates will lead this country, and we dare not let them!"


 


麦凯恩说:“我们还不知道谁将获得民主党总统候选人的荣誉。但是我们知道他们任何一位候选人把国家引向何方。我们不敢让他们领导国家!”



Most estimates give McCain about 800 committed delegates, well on the way to the 1,191 required to win the Republican nomination.


 


大多数的估计是麦凯恩已经获得大约800张党代表票。以目前的形势估算,他很可能赢取共和党提名必需的1191票。



Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee remains 11 in the race and continues to draw conservative voters who oppose McCain's record on tax cuts and immigration.


 


前阿肯色州长哈克比仍然没有退出竞争,并且继续争取保守派的选票。保守派反对麦凯恩在减税和移民政策问题上的记录。



The next Republican contest is Tuesday in Wisconsin.


 


共和党的下一场竞争将与星期二在威斯康辛州举行。



n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
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。
n.秘密会议;干部会议;v.(参加)干部开会议
  • This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
  • It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。
v.(使)投票表决( ballot的现在分词 )
  • Clark took a commanding leading in the early balloting. 在最初投票时,克拉克遥遥领先。 来自辞典例句
  • The balloting had stagnated, he couldn't win. 投票工作陷于停顿,他不能得胜。 来自辞典例句
v.到绝顶,达于极点,达到高潮
  • The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.百年庆典活动将以宴会作为高潮。
  • Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war.人人都担心,这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争到达顶点。
v.弹回;n.弹回,跳回
  • The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
  • Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。
(使)成为固体,(使)变硬,(使)变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 ); 使团结一致; 充实,巩固; 具体化
  • Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit. 由于特权和习惯使然,她的看法变得越来越难以改变。
  • When threatened, he fires spheres of solidified air from his launcher! 当危险来临,他就会发射它的弹药!
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
学英语单词
active scattering aerosol spectrometer probe (asasp)
agreement to sell at valuation
alaski
Alcatel
allowable deflection distortion
alsinaceous
arteria ethmoidalis
arteriosclerotic gangrene
arvos
ascendancy, ascendance
Australian pelican
ayson
backchats
baggage smasher
blowing-off
boiling type economizer
brickworks
bufonaria subgranosa
capital from defaulted subscriptions
Cauaburi, R.
Cefalexinum
Chatty Cathy
computerised navigation
conning
Cyworld
desherit
diurnaller
dracunculus vulgariss
Durangoan
Durrow
electroniture
embossed-groove
erroll
flat-key
focus extension
globy
gold -exchange standard
heavy seeding
high efficiency coordination catalyst
hollow chamfer
hydrogen discharge lamp
incense
interceptive orthodontics
just-returned
kaxiras
keytarists
klippel
lariats
Linophryne
locoum
lpac
maladera tienchihna
Malakand Division
mateer
meggs
metal-work
mezhir
multiplication of currency
nag hammadi libraries
nodular leprosy
operations security
or wherever
pansil
particle traps
precipitated dicalcium phosphate
precipitated pigment
protozoal disease
provectus
pseudo-scientist
quadriceps muscle of thigh
quarrel of long standing
quarried products
racing jacks
reflexivity of relation
remedy allowance
replantation of severed limb
running surface cover
safe deposit
second hammer
seedability
seize the power
sheep's milk
shield tunnelling
shop line
silver barfish
SOCB
sperma-togonium A
supraeconomic administrative measures
Tahpenes
temporalises
tetrasporpohyte
theon
thirtynine
tirium
tough minded
trelawneys
universally jointed shaft
Vascons
vitamin pee
voice speech synthesizer
wave potential energy
weekend-use zone