夏说英语新闻晨读 第120期:桑德斯死磕希拉里

 本期内容：

Hillary Clinton declared a historic victory with a decisive win in the California primary. But her rival for the Democratic nomination¹, Bernie Sanders, said he would remain in the contest until the party convention in Philadelphia in July. President Barack Obama telephoned both candidates and is expected to endorse² Mrs Clinton imminently³.

 

词汇讲解：
Decisive win：决定性胜利
Primary：党内初选
Endorse：背书
Imminent：立刻

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 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

3 imminently   

迫切地，紧急地

参考例句：

• The problem of developing bend curve parts needs to be solved imminently. 弯边零件的展开是急需解决的问题。
• Obviously, the knowledge renews imminently, lifelong studies the duty to be arduous. 可见，知识更新迫在眉睫，终身学习任务繁重。