夏说英语新闻晨读 第91期:川普前路荆棘重重
时间：2019-03-02 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
Hillary Clinton won New York’s Democratic presidential primary with 58% of the vote, ending a run of losses to Bernie Sanders. She remains 1 the firm favorite to capture the nomination 2. Donald Trump 3 scooped 4 60% of Republican votes and almost all the state’s delegates. He will have to win by similar margins 5 in the remaining primaries to avoid a contested convention in July.
词汇讲解：
Capture：抓住
Nomination：提名
Scoop：赢得
Margin: 幅度
Contested convention: 竞争大会程序
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。
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.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 )；（敏捷地）抱起；抢先获得；用铲[勺]等挖（洞等）
- They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块，在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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