奥巴马赢得“压倒性胜利”
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奥巴马赢了,这本身就是一个巨大的意义,不管他以后是不是能兑现他的竞选诺言,他的胜利已经给美国带来了变化,并且改善了美国在世界上的形象。现在,世界上很多人都在为庆祝奥巴马的胜利而狂欢,美国又重新成为一个给人希望、值得向往的国度。

共和党形象不佳和经济危机帮了奥巴马的大忙,使他以极大的优势击败对手麦凯恩。我们来看看英文媒体是怎么描述他的胜利的吧:

Barack Obama swept to victory as the first black president in the US history Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide1 that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.

这里用到的sweep 这个词表示“赢得完全胜利/压倒性的胜利to win a complete or overwhelming victory in (a contest)”,比如:Johnson swept the presidential election of 1964. 约翰逊在1964年总统选举中赢得压倒性的胜利。

Sweep 还可以表示“赢得(比赛或竞赛)每一阶段的胜利to win (every game, round, hand, etc., of a series of contests)”,比如:The Yankees swept the three-game series. 洋基队连着三场比赛大获全胜。

也有的新闻是这样写的:

Obama won a landslide victory with 349 electoral votes while McCain only got 162 votes. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House. US President Bush called Obama to congratulate him on his victory shortly after McCain conceded defeat.

According to US media projections2, Democrat3 Barack Obama has scored a landslide victory in the marathon presidential race to be elected as the first African-American US president.

这里的landslide 是指“一面倒的胜利,特质一个政党或候选人的压倒多数的胜利”,landslide victory,landslide win 都表示“压倒性的胜利”,与之相配和的动词既可以用win,也可以用score,比如我们上文中的两个例子。当然我们也可以说“Obama won the presidential election with a landslide victory.”



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1 landslide XxyyG     
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票;一面倒的胜利
参考例句:
  • Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
  • An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
2 projections 7275a1e8ba6325ecfc03ebb61a4b9192     
预测( projection的名词复数 ); 投影; 投掷; 突起物
参考例句:
  • Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
  • The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。
3 democrat Xmkzf     
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。
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