英语新闻听写 南希·佩洛西欲赢得美国众议院议长席位

Reuters reports that Nancy Pelosi was set to become the Democratic nominee¹ for Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

据路透社报道，南希·佩洛西预计将作为民主党候选人参选美国众议院议长。

The 78 year old San Francisco liberal, a frequent target of Republicans on the campaign trail,

这位来自旧金山市的自由派现年78岁，在竞选过程中她是共和党人经常针对的目标，

faces a small faction² of Democrats³ who are refusing to back her for the post in which she made history from 2007 to 2011 as the first woman Speaker.

而现在民主党内部也有一小部分人不愿支持她参选美国众议院议长职位。在2007年至2011年，南希·佩洛西成为美国历史首位女性众议院议长。

Maneuvering⁴ to win over her opponents, Pelosi was set to meet with Democratic members of a bipartisan group known as the problem solvers caucus⁵.

南希·佩洛西为说服反对者，她将和一个两党联合小组的民主党成员们会面，这就是所谓的问题解决小组。

1 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• 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。

2 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

3 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》

4 maneuvering   

v.移动，用策略( maneuver的现在分词 )；操纵

参考例句：

• This Manstein did, with some brilliant maneuvering under the worse winter conditions. 曼施坦因在最恶劣的严冬条件下，出色地施展了灵活机动的战术，终于完成了任务。 来自辞典例句
• In short, large goals required farsighted policies, not tactical maneuvering. 一句话，大的目标需要有高瞻远瞩的政策，玩弄策略是不行的。 来自辞典例句

5 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。