美国有线新闻 CNN 民主党初选如火如荼 桑德斯占据领先地位

The Comstock Lode¹, a rich deposit of silver, was discovered in what U.S. state? Nevada, Colorado, California or Alaska. In 1859, silver was found on Nevada property owned partly by Henry Comstock.

康斯托克矿脉这一蕴藏量丰富的银矿在美国哪个州被发现？内华达州、科罗拉州、加利福尼亚州还是阿拉斯加州？1859年，在内华达州部分产权属于亨利·康斯托克的土地上发现了银。

Makes sense it's the Silver State and the eight Democrats² still in the U.S. presidential race were hoping to strike it rich in delegates on Saturday when the Nevada Democratic caucus³ was held. The state's Republican party is not holding a contest. Incumbent⁴ President Donald Trump⁵ is expected to receive all of Nevada's GOP delegates.

内华达州也由此得名“银州”，内华达州民主党党团会议计划在周六举行，目前仍在参加美国总统竞选的8名民主党候选人希望届时能赢得大量代表票数。该州共和党没有举行竞选。预计现任总统唐纳德·特朗普将获得内华达州所有共和党代表的支持。

But for the Democrats, CNN projects that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont had a commanding win in the Nevada caucuses⁶ followed by former Vice-President Joe Biden in second place and in third Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

而就民主党来说，CNN预测美国佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯将在内华达州党团会议上取得压倒性胜利，前副总统乔·拜登将斩获第二位，而第三位将被印第安纳州南本德市前市长皮特·布蒂吉格收入囊中。

This makes Senator Sanders the front runner in the Democratic nomination⁷ process and gives him more momentum⁸ going into the next vote. That's a primary scheduled for this Saturday in the state of South Carolina. It's only for Democrats. Like Nevada, South Carolina is also skipping a Republican contest. Regardless of what happens in the Palmetto State though, several of the remaining Democratic hopefuls are already focusing on what's known as Super Tuesday, March 3rd.

这会使参议员桑德斯在民主党提名进程中占据领先地位，并为他进入下一场投票提供更多动力。下一场投票为定于本周六举行的南卡罗来纳州初选。届时只有民主党举行初选。与内华达州一样，南卡罗来纳州也不举行共和党初选。无论这个“矮棕榈之州”（指南卡罗来纳州）的选举结果为何，多名民主党候选人都已将注意力集中在3月3日举行的“超级星期二”上。

1 lode   

n.矿脉

参考例句：

• We discovered the rich lode bellied out.我们发现丰富的矿脉突然增大了。
• A lode of gold was discovered。他们发现了一处黄金矿藏。

2 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》

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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

7 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。

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。