奥巴马大出风头 民主党东山再起
<p>四年一度的美国总统大选 一般人以为，决定民主共和两党哪位候选人能够当选美国总统，就看选民(<span word="voter">voter</span>)把手中的选票投给谁，此话既对也不完全对，因为美国总统大选 与2000年的总统大选由于选票清点问题最后把官司打到了最高法院，布什才侥幸胜出击败戈尔所不同的是，此次是在最近几届美国总统大选中胜负悬殊最大的一次，奥巴马所获得的选举人票远远超过了当选总统所需要的票数，因此对于他来说可以称得上是压倒性的胜利。“压倒性的胜利”，英语中的说法是<span word="sweeping">sweeping</span> <span word="victory">victory</span>或<span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="victory">victory</span>。比如说，在2006年的中期选举(<span word="mid">mid</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="election">election</span>)中，民主党就获得了压倒性胜利，美国媒体的报道就说<span word="Democrats">Democrats</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="victory">victory</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2006 <span word="midterm">midterm</span> <span word="election">election</span>.</p><p>选民投下选票，可以说<span word="cast">cast</span> <span word="one">one</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>，但是美国人更偏爱的说法是<span word="cast">cast</span> <span word="one">one</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ballot">ballot</span>，投票箱就叫做 <span word="ballot">ballot</span> <span word="box">box</span>。但是，如果说选民把自己的选票投给谁不投给谁，英文则使用<span word="vote">vote</span>一词，分别表达为<span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="for">for</span>和<span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="against">against</span>。</p><p>根据惯例，一方候选人获胜之后，另一方候选人要公开发表声明承认自己失败，英文叫做<span word="concede">concede</span> <span word="defeat">defeat</span>，而他就此发表的演说就叫做<span word="concession">concession</span> <span word="speech">speech</span>。如美联社2008年11月5日就有如下报道：</p><p><span word="McCain">McCain</span> <span word="Concedes">Concedes</span> <span word="Defeat">Defeat</span></p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="concession">concession</span> <span word="speech">speech</span>, <span word="John">John</span> <span word="McCain">McCain</span> <span word="expressed">expressed</span> <span word="admiration">admiration</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="inspire">inspire</span>.</p>
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