时代周刊:民主党初选形势日益明朗(4)

Sanders, for his part, remains¹ unbowed.

桑德斯却并未轻易认输。

"I think we go forward basically neck and neck," Sanders told reporters at a press conference in Burlington on March 4.

“我个人认为我们是不相上下的，”桑德斯3月4日在伯灵顿记者会上对记者说道。

"What this campaign, I think, is increasingly about is, which side are you on?"

“在我看来，这场竞选越来越讲究的是，你站哪一边？”

He contrasted his record and Biden's,

他对比了他和拜登二人的初选记录，

pointing to their divergent positions on the Iraq War, "disastrous² trade agreements" and consumer protection.

指出了两人在伊拉克战争、“灾难性的贸易协定”和消费者保护等问题上的不同立场。

He attacked Biden for his position on Social Security and released a new ad tying himself to former President Barack Obama—

他一边抨击拜登对社会保障问题所持的立场，一边释放新广告，试图将自己同前总统奥巴马捆绑在一起——

a U-turn for a candidate who has assailed³ the party Obama led and reportedly considered primarying the President in 2012.

对于一位曾经抨击奥巴马领导下的民主党，据说还曾考虑参加2012年总统初选的候选人而言，桑德斯的立场堪称是来了个180度的大转弯。

Sanders' strong base and delegate total still give him a shot to win the nomination⁴.

手握雄厚的选民基础和代表总数的桑德斯仍有机会赢得提名。

His grassroots fund raising remains unparalleled:

其民间筹款的规模仍处于遥遥领先地位：

the campaign raked in $46.5 million in February from more than 2.2 million donations.

其竞选团队2月份就已收到超过220万笔捐款，总金额高达4650万美元。

Backers argue he will benefit from a one-on-one contrast with Biden.

支持者认为，与拜登一对一地较量会给桑德斯带来一定的优势。

But Biden's wins on Super Tuesday marked a dramatic shift in momentum⁵.

然而，拜登在超级星期二连连获胜，表明竞选势头已经发生了戏剧性的转变。

"The entire month of February was a perfect storm for Bernie Sanders,"

“对伯尼·桑德斯而言，2月自始至终都是祸不单行的一个月，”

says Addisu Demissie, an uncommitted California-based strategist who managed the campaign of Senator Cory Booker.

曾负责参议员科里·布克的竞选活动的加州个体战略咨询师阿迪苏·德米西说道。

"And then the first three days of March were a perfect storm for Joe Biden and may have reversed all of that.

“结果，三月的前三天，祸不单行的人又变成了乔·拜登，或许就是这三天扭转了整个竞选局势。

It's hard to believe how much has changed."

很难相信局势已经发生了如此大的变化。

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

3 assailed   

v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 )；困扰；质问；毅然应对

参考例句：

• He was assailed with fierce blows to the head. 他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
• He has been assailed by bad breaks all these years. 这些年来他接二连三地倒霉。 来自《用法词典》

4 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。

5 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。