英语新闻听写 特朗普支持克里斯·科巴赫竞选堪萨斯州州长

 

Reuters reports that U.S. President Donald Trump¹'s first choice as governor of Kansas, Kris Kobach, held a narrow, 200 vote lead in the Republican primary over the current governor with nearly all votes counted.

据路透社报道，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普把克里斯·科巴赫作为堪萨斯州州长的第一人选，他在共和党州长党内初选中勉强领先于现任州长200票，目前几乎全部选票已清点完毕。

This according to the Kansas Secretary of State website.

据堪萨斯州国务卿网站报道。

As of 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time Kobach and incumbent² Jeff Collier both had about 41% of the vote.

东部时间上午8点45分，科巴赫和现任州长杰夫·柯利尔都获得了大约41%的选票。

Kobach is a staunch ally of Trump.

科巴赫是特朗普可靠的盟友。

He was endorsed³ by the president in the waning⁴ days of the hard-fought primary.

在竞争激烈初选的最后几天，他得到了总统的支持。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

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。

3 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 waning   

adj.（月亮）渐亏的，逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡

参考例句：

• Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
• The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》