美国有线新闻 CNN 超级星期二落幕 拜登赢下10个州桑德斯仍有机会

Results are coming in from Super Tuesday when more delegates are awarded than any other day in the U.S. presidential nomination¹ process.

“超级星期二”的结果即将揭晓，在美国总统提名过程中，这一天可获得的代表票数超过其他任何一天。

And former Vice-President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont are now the two clear front-runners for the Democratic party.

显然，美国前副总统乔·拜登和美国佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯现是民主党的两位领先者。 

Analysts² say they can have a long battle for delegates in the months ahead. Republicans will not. Incumbent³ President Donald Trump⁴ won all of the states that held primaries on Tuesday so it's a forgone⁵ conclusion that he'll defeat his Republican challenger former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld.

分析人士表示，二人可能会在未来几个月展开漫长的代表票数之争。共和党则不会。现任总统唐纳德·特朗普在周二举行初选的所有州都获得了胜利，因此，他将击败他的共和党挑战者、前马萨诸塞州州长比尔·维尔德是意料之中的事。

But we're focusing on the Democrats⁶ today because their race is less certain. When we produced this show, former Vice-President Biden had won in 10 of the 14 states holding Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday. Senator Sanders won in at least three states. And in the one caucus⁷ held on Tuesday in the territory of American Samoa, the victory went to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Despite that though, he dropped out of the race on Wednesday leaving four Democrats still in it. Bloomberg said the delegate math just didn't add up for him to get his party's nomination.

而我们今天要将注意力集中在民主党身上，因为其竞选局势难以确定。在我们制作本期节目时，前副总统拜登在“超级星期二”举行初选的14个州中拿下了10个州。参议员桑德斯至少赢下了3个州。而在周二举行的美属萨摩亚党团会议上，获胜的是前纽约市市长迈克尔·布隆伯格。尽管如此，他还是在周三宣布退选，这使民主党的参选数缩减为四人。布隆伯格表示，党代表票数的计算结果不足以让他获得党内提名。

The math we had last night was incomplete. Biden was leading with 435 delegates to Sanders 381. But California is the biggest prize from Super Tuesday with the most delegates and Sanders was leading there though final results may not be known for weeks. So it's possible he could catch or even pass Biden in the Super Tuesday delegate count. The process of counting delegates is a complicated one.

我们昨晚进行的计算并不完整。拜登获得了435张代表票，领先于桑德斯的381票。但在“超级星期二”中，加州拥有的党代表票数最多，而桑德斯在该州领先，不过最终结果可能在几周后才能确定。因此，桑德斯可能在“超级星期二”的党代表票数统计中赶上甚至超过拜登。党代表票数的统计过程相当复杂。

1 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。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 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。

4 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。

5 forgone   

v.没有也行，放弃( forgo的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Tax expenditures are the revenues forgone due to preferential tax treatment. 税收支出是由于税收优惠待遇而放弃的收入。 来自互联网
• The alternative forgone is called the opportunity cost. 这种选择性的放弃就叫做机会成本。 来自互联网

6 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》

7 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• 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。