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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Though lagging behind Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton by over 200 pledged delegates, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has never been daunted1.
As the divisive primary season is about to wind up, however, Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist2, and the roughly one million voters who "feel the Bern" will soon face a tough choice of whether or not to line up behind the very person they has been ripping for months.
So far, Sanders has offered mixed and sometimes nuanced response as to what would be his next step after the crucial Democratic California primary on June 7, when 475 pledged delegates will be up for grabs.
Senator Sanders facing tough choice after California primary
Speaking in an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Sanders touted3 his better performance than Clinton in hypothetical matchups against presumptive Republican nominee4 Donald Trump5 to justify6 his continued stay in the race despite Clinton's near-insurmountable delegate lead.
"Right now, in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump, often by big numbers and always at a larger margin7 than Secretary Clinton is," said Sanders.
According to PolitiFact.com, a project dedicated8 to "fact-check" of statements of politicians and the federal government, Sanders was correct that he fared better against Trump than Clinton did in all polls over the last six weeks.
Sanders' remarks came at a time when Clinton and party elites9 were scrambling10 to salvage11 the party unity12 from the damage inflicted13 by the insurgency14 of Sanders' campaign.
According to the most recent YouGov poll, 61 percent of Sanders supporters have an unfavorable opinion of Clinton in May.
However, in his remarks last weekend, Sanders surprisingly relented in his slash15 of the Democratic primary, walking back on his previous criticism of the process as "rigged" in favor of Clinton.
"I think we have an uphill fight, but there is just a possibility that we may end up at the end of this nominating process with more pledged delegates than Hillary Clinton," said Sanders on Saturday in an interview with CBS News.
"What has upset me, and what I think is -- I wouldn't use the word 'rigged' because we knew what the rules were -- but what is really dumb, is that you have closed primaries, like in New York State, where three million people who were Democrats16 or Republicans could not participate," he said.
Also, when Sanders were asked whether or not he would be Clinton's running mate in the latest interview with NBC News on Sunday, Sanders did not rule out the possibility.
"Here we are in California, I'm knocking my brains out to win the Democratic nomination," said Sanders in the interview. "What happens afterwards, we will see," said Sanders.
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1 daunted | |
使(某人)气馁,威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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2 socialist | |
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的 | |
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v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 );招揽;侦查;探听赛马情报 | |
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4 nominee | |
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者 | |
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5 trump | |
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭 | |
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6 justify | |
vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护 | |
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7 margin | |
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘 | |
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8 dedicated | |
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的 | |
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9 elites | |
精华( elite的名词复数 ); 精锐; 上层集团; (统称)掌权人物 | |
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10 scrambling | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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11 salvage | |
v.救助,营救,援救;n.救助,营救 | |
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12 unity | |
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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14 insurgency | |
n.起义;暴动;叛变 | |
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15 slash | |
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩 | |
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16 democrats | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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