鞍山雅思|拜登拿下民主党提名，特朗普局势动摇

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Former Vice President Joe Biden has secured the delegates③ needed to win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination on the first ballot④ at the Augustconvention⑤, crossing the threshold⑥ of 1,991 delegates. The delegate count formalizes what has been clear since Biden took a commanding⑦ delegate lead⑧ in mid-March, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race in early April. Biden reached the benchmark⑨ as he has started to reemerge on the campaigntrail⑩ outside of his home, addressing twin⑪ crises—the coronavirus and nationwide protests to racial injustice—that appear to be contributing to his lead over Trump in national polls⑫, as well as in battleground states⑬.

美国民主党将于8月召开大会，并举行初选第一轮投票。前副总统乔·拜登目前锁定的代表票数已超过提名所需的1991张。3月中，拜登获得的代表票数遥遥领先；4月初，佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯退出竞选。至此，拜登获得民主党提名已无悬念。如今他的票数超过了1991这个门槛，此事正式落定。与此同时，拜登走出家门，再度现身各地竞选活动现场，解决美国的两大问题：新冠疫情和全国反种族歧视抗议运动——这似乎也是拜登民调和摇摆州支持率都高于特朗普的原因。

【注释】

① clinch: [klɪntʃ] vt. to succeed in achieving or winning (sth.) 成功得到，在……中获胜

② steam: [stiːm] n. the strength, force, or energy that allows sth. or sb. to continue, to go faster, etc. 力量，精力，势力

③ delegate: [ˈdelɪɡət] n. a person who is chosen or elected to represent the views of a group of people and vote and make decisions for them 代表

④ ballot: [ˈbælət] n. an occasion on which a vote is held 投票

⑤ convention: [kənˈvenʃn] n. a large meeting of the members of a profession, a political party, etc. 大会

⑥ threshold: [ˈθreʃhəʊld] n. the point just before a new situation, period of life, etc. begins 阈值，临界点

⑦ commanding: [kəˈmɑːndɪŋ] adj. being in a position from which you are likely to win a race or competition easily 遥遥领先的，胜券在握的

⑧ lead: [liːd] n. the amount or distance that sb./sth. is in front of sb./sth. else 超前量，领先的距离

⑨ benchmark: [ˈbentʃmɑːk] n. sth. that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with 基准（线／尺度

⑩ trail: [treɪl] n. a route that is followed for a particular purpose 路线／径

⑪ twin: [twɪn] adj. used to describe two things that are connected, or present or happening at the same time 双重的，两个同时发生的

⑫ poll: [pəʊl] n. the process of questioning people who are representative of a larger group in order to get information about the general opinion 民意测验，民调

⑬ battleground state: a state that could reasonably be won by either the Democratic or Republican presidential candidate by a swing in votes 摇摆州

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