学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3210 concede

今天我们要学的词是 concede.

concede 的意思是承认，认输。The Senate race in Florida came to a conclusion as Democratic incumbent² Bill Nelson conceded after a hand recount gave Republican challenger Rick Scott a 10,000 vote lead. 美国佛罗里达州的参议员选举在重新手动计票后得出结果，现任民主党籍参议员比尔·尼尔森以一万票之差向共和党挑战者里克斯科特认输。

Democrat¹ Stacey Abrams, the first African-American woman named as a gubernatorial candidate in Georgia by a major party, had said she would not concede until every vote was counted. 民主党人斯泰西艾布拉姆斯是第一位在乔治亚州得到一个主要政党提名为州长候选人的非裔女性，她表示不数完所有选票她不会承认失败
 

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 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。