Kerry Set to Be Democratic Presidential Nominee

Kerry Set to Be Democratic Presidential Nominee²

 

Meredith Buel

 

U.S. Senator John Kerry has all but clinched⁴ the Democratic nomination⁵ for president, and his main rival, Senator John Edwards, is expected to drop out of the race late today.

 

The stage is now set for an eight-month campaign between Democrat¹ John Kerry and Republican President Bush.

 

Senator Kerry scored an impressive victory Tuesday, winning nine out of 10 primaries or caucuses⁷, including large states like New York, California and Ohio.

 

Speaking to supporters in Washington, the Massachusetts senator took aim at President Bush's foreign policy.

 

"The Bush administration has run the most inept⁸, reckless, arrogant⁹, ideological¹⁰ foreign policy in the modern history of our county, and we will reverse that course."

 

Senator Kerry has now won 27 of the 30 Democratic contests so far, essentially¹¹ assuring his nomination when the Democrats¹² formally select their candidate during a convention next July.

 

North Carolina Senator John Edwards, Mr. Kerry's main rival for the democratic nomination, is expected to drop out of the race late Wednesday. Some Democrats would like to see him as a vice¹³ presidential running mate for Senator Kerry.

 

The Massachusetts senator complimented Mr. Edwards, who has won praise for running a positive campaign.

 

"There is no question that John Edwards brings a compelling voice to our party, great eloquence¹⁴ to the cause of working men and women all across our nation and great promise for leadership for the years to come."

President Bush telephoned Senator Kerry to congratulate him, saying he looks forward to a spirited contest.

 

Mr. Kerry says he told the president he hopes to have a great debate about the issues before the country.

 

On Thursday, the Bush campaign plans to begin a multi-million-dollar blitz of television advertisements in states where the November general election could be close.

 

 

注释：

senator [5senEtE] n. 参议员

clinch³ [klintF] v. 最终赢得

nomination [nCmi5neiFEn] n. 任命

drop out  不参与，放弃

primary [5praimEri] n. 候选人选拔会，初选

caucus⁶ [5kC:kEs] n. （政党的）领导人秘密会议，核心小组会议

inept [i5nept] adj. 不适当的，无能的，不称职的

reckless [5reklis] adj. 不计后果的

arrogant [5ArE^Ent] adj. 傲慢的, 自大的

ideological [7aidiE5lCdVikEl] adj. 理想的，思想上的

reverse [ri5vE:s] vt. 颠倒，倒转

convention [kEn5venFEn] n. 大会

compliment [5kCmplimEnt] vt. 称赞，褒扬

eloquence [5elEkwEns] n. 雄辩，口才

spirited [5spiritid] adj. 英勇的

blitz [blits] n.（军）闪电战

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 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。

3 clinch   

v.敲弯，钉牢；确定；扭住对方 [参]clench

参考例句：

• Clinch the boards together.用钉子把木板钉牢在一起。
• We don't accept us dollars,please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.我方不收美元，请最好用瑞士法郎来成交生意。

4 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

5 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。

6 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。

7 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

8 inept   

adj.不恰当的，荒谬的，拙劣的

参考例句：

• Whan an inept remark to make on such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，怎么说这样不恰当的话。
• He's quite inept at tennis.他打网球太笨。

9 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

10 ideological   

a.意识形态的

参考例句：

• He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。
• He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作，对我有很大帮助。

11 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

12 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》

13 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

14 eloquence   

n.雄辩；口才，修辞

参考例句：

• I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
• The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。