韩国总统选举暂难分高下

时间：2012-12-19 07:01:47

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Millions of South Koreans are casting ballots1 in a presidential election seen as too close to call.

数百万韩国民众正参与总统选举投票工作，此次选举被视为难分胜负。
Park Geun-hye is seeking to become South Korea\s first female leader
Park Geun-hye is seeking to become South Korea's first female leader
 
Park Geun-hye of the governing Saenuri party is looking to make history as South Korea's first female president.
 
But she faces a tough challenge from Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party, who has been steadily2 eroding3 her lead in the polls.
 
Whoever wins will replace President Lee Myung-bak, who is stepping down, as the law requires, after his five-year term.
 
Economic issues including welfare provision and job creation have dominated campaigning.
 
'New era'
 
Polls opened at 06:00 (21:00GMT) and close 12 hours later. Three television stations will release joint4 exit polls when voting closes, with formal results expected early on Thursday. 
 
Seven hours in, polling was brisk with turnout at 45.3% - up from 36.7% at the same point in the previous election in 2007, Yonhap news agency said.
 
A national holiday has been declared so people can cast their ballots. 
 
"Though it's cold today, I hope you will take part in the voting and open up a new era that every one of you has yearned5 for," Ms Park said after voting in Seoul. 
 
Park Geun-hye is the daughter of former military ruler General Park Chung-hee, a polarising figure credited with transforming South Korea into an economic success story during his 1961-1979 rule, but accused of ruthlessly crushing dissent6（异议）.
 
Both Ms Park's parents were assassinated7 - her mother in 1974 by a pro-North Korea gunman and her father in 1979 by his own spy chief. 
 
Ms Park, 60, who in September apologised for human rights abuses during her father's era, said on Tuesday she would be "a president of the people's livelihoods8, who thinks only about the people". 
 
"I will restore the broken middle class and open an era in which the middle class make up 70% of the population," she said in a news conference at her party's headquarters in Seoul.
 
Mr Moon, a former human rights lawyer, was once jailed for protesting against General Park's regime.
 
He was a chief of staff to Mr Lee's predecessor9, Roh Moo-hyun, who killed himself in 2009 while under investigation10 for corruption11.
 
In his news conference, Mr Moon pointed12 to the current corruption and incompetency13 allegations surrounding Ms Park's own party.
 
"This overall crisis... will not be resolved by replacing the representative player. We must change the entire team," the 59-year-old said.

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1 ballots 06ecb554beff6a03babca6234edefde4     
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地
参考例句：
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
3 eroding c892257232bdd413a7900bdce96d217e     
侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害
参考例句：
  • The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
  • Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。
4 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
5 yearned df1a28ecd1f3c590db24d0d80c264305     
渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
  • She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。
6 dissent ytaxU     
n./v.不同意，持异议
参考例句：
  • It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
  • He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。
7 assassinated 0c3415de7f33014bd40a19b41ce568df     
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
参考例句：
  • The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
  • Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
8 livelihoods 53a2f8716b41c07918d6fc5d944b18a5     
生计，谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。
9 predecessor qP9x0     
n.前辈，前任
参考例句：
  • It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
  • The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
10 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
11 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
12 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
13 incompetency 336d2924a5dea5ecf1aca3bec39a702c     
n.无能力，不适当
参考例句：
  • I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice. 他们的无能和任性折磨得我够受了。 来自辞典例句

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