Incumbent Silva wins Portugal's presidential election

    LISBON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Portugal（葡萄牙）'s incumbent¹ President Anibal Cavaco Silva won the country's presidential election in the first round of votes held on Sunday, according to preliminary results.
    Local TV reported that Silva, a former economics professor and prime minister, won between 51.6 percent and 56 percent of the votes.
    The results reflected pre-election polls predicting that Silva was set to get reelected in the first round.
    Compared with the other five candidates, Silva was widely seen as being more capable of collaborating² with the government in lifting the country out of its debt crisis.
    In the 2006 presidential election, Silva won the first round with 50.5 percent of the vote.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 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。

2 collaborating   

合作( collaborate的现在分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
• He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福？汤姆逊学习，而且也是在和他合作。