美国有线新闻 CNN 美国总统大选初选第二战打响

We're starting in the Granite¹ State of New Hampshire this Tuesday because this is the day when its voters help choose the candidates who will appear on the ballot² in November's U.S. presidential election. New Hampshire holds the second contest in the presidential nomination³ process. It's a primary meaning people pick their top candidate with a vote. The first nomination contest was in Iowa and it was a series of caucuses⁴. Meetings where voters grouped up according to their favorite candidates. While incumbent⁵ President Donald Trump⁶ got more than 97 percent of the Republican vote over his two challengers, results for the 11 Democrats⁷ competing there were less certain.

本周二先来关注“花岗岩之州”新罕布什尔州，因为这一天该州选民要帮助确定11月美国总统大选选票上所出现的候选人名字。新罕布什尔州进行了总统提名程序中的第二场竞争。这是初选，意味着人们要投票选出首选候选人。首场提名角逐在爱荷华州进行，经由一系列党团会议开展。会议期间，选民们根据自己最心仪的候选人进行分组。虽然现任总统唐纳德·特朗普以超过97%的得票率完胜他的两位挑战者，但参加竞选的11名民主党人的投票结果尚不明朗。

Last Monday on the night of the Iowa Caucuses there were inconsistencies, mistakes and problems with the application and the phone line being used to report results. Yesterday the Iowa Democratic Party said Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, held a one tenth of one percent lead in the delegate count over U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders who's from Vermont. But both of their campaigns asked for a recanvassing, a recalculation of some results. Whatever happens in Iowa, the results of today's primaries in New Hampshire will give the winners momentum⁸ going into the next contests in the weeks ahead and you can expect to see some of those who don't win reassess their campaigns and consider leaving the race.

在上周一的爱荷华州党团会议之夜，用于报告结果的应用程序和电话线路出现了不一致、错误和问题。昨天，爱荷华州民主党表示，印第安纳州南本德市前市长皮特·布蒂吉格在党代表人数上以千分之一的优势击败了美国佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯。但是，二人的竞选团队都要求对部分结果进行复查和重新计算。无论爱荷华州结果为何，今天新罕布什尔州的初选结果将为胜者在未来几周的角逐中提供动力，大家可能会看到一些未获胜者重新评估自己的竞选活动，并考虑退出竞选。

 

1 granite   

adj.花岗岩，花岗石

参考例句：

• They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
• The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。

2 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

3 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• 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。

4 caucuses   

n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议

参考例句：

• Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网

5 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• 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。

6 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• 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。

7 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

8 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。