川普与克林顿分别赢得纽约州初选

AS IT IS 2016-04-21 Trump¹, Clinton Win in New York, Move Closer to Nominations³ 川普与克林顿分别赢得纽约州初选

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won big victories in New York State’s presidential primary election on Tuesday.

Trump, a billionaire businessman, and Clinton, the former secretary of state, each extended their leads in the race for the Republican and Democratic nominations.

Trump earned close to 60 percent of the vote in the Republican primary and almost all of New York’s 95 delegates. Ohio Governor John Kasich won 25 percent of the votes, while Texas Senator Ted⁴ Cruz had 15 percent.

In the Democratic primary, Clinton defeated Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 58 percent to 42 percent. She won 135 of New York’s 247 delegates to the party’s convention this summer.

In her victory speech, Clinton tried to unite her campaign with Sanders and his supporters.

“To all the people who supported Senator Sanders, I believe there is much more that unites us than divides us,” Clinton said.

Trump spoke⁵ to his supporters Tuesday night. He said he is the only Republican with enough support to win the party’s nomination².

“We don’t have much of a race anymore,” he said. “It’s really nice to win the delegates with the votes.”

Trump has won a total of 845 delegates. Cruz and Kasich are hoping he does not receive the 1,237 delegates required for Republican presidential nomination.

If Trump does not receive a majority of delegate votes, an open convention is possible. In an open convention, delegates can vote for any candidate.

For the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton has a total of 1,887 delegates. A candidate needs 2,383 to win the Democratic nomination.

Over the next week, the candidates are expected to spend much of their time in the northeastern states. Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Maryland will hold primary elections on April 26.

Words in This Story

primaries – n. elections in which members of the same political party run against each other for the chance to be in a larger and more important election

billionaire – n. a rich person who has at least a billion dollars or pounds

Republican Party – n. a political party in the United States

Democratic Party – n. a political party in the United States

open convention – n. a party convention at which delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice   

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 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。

3 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

4 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。