The winner of the Iowa Republican caucuses, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, came in third in Tuesday's election. 爱荷华州共和党政党基层会议选举的赢家、前阿肯色州州长麦克·哈克比,在星期二的选举中名列第三。
Clinton ended her losing streak of12 straight defeats in caucuses and primaries to Senator Barack Obama, and told voters Tuesday in Ohio their state is known for picking presidential winners. 希拉里.克林顿结束了她一连在12个州的初选或党团基层会议选举中输给奥巴马的局势,她星期二对俄亥俄州的选民说,俄亥俄州的初选总是能选出最后当选总统的候选人。
McCain's win was a bitter blow to Romney, who spent millions of dollars of his own money in hopes of winning the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, yet finished second in both. 对于罗姆尼来讲,麦凯恩的胜利是一个严酷的打击,他自掏腰包数百万美元,指望在爱荷华政党基层会议选举和新罕布什尔州初选中取胜,但是两次竞选他都只获得了第二名的成绩。
On that day, Iowa will hold its political meetings known as caucuses. 在这一天,爱奥华州将举行被称为党内预选的政治会议。
Obama won a primary in Louisiana and caucuses in Nebraska, Washington state and Maine. 奥巴马赢得了路易斯安那州的初选和内布拉斯加州、西岸华盛顿州和缅因州的党内预选。
Neither Obama nor Clinton can win enough delegates in the remaining primaries or caucuses to secure the nomination outright, so both candidates are making a play for their support. 在剩下的初选和基层党团会议推选中,奥巴马和希拉里.克林顿都不可能拿到确保获得总统候选人提名的代表人票数,因此他们都在努力争取超级代表的支持。
Last week, Clinton came in third in the Iowa caucuses, and most recent polls projected that she was far behind Obama in New Hampshire. 上周,克林顿在爱荷华州的政党基层会议选举中名列第三,而最近民调显示,她在新罕布什尔州的支持率远远落后于奥巴马。
Tuesday's victory in Texas marks a symbolic milestone for Mr. Romney, capping a five-month journey that began with the Jan. 3 caucuses in Iowa. 周二得克萨斯州初选的胜利对罗姆尼来说是一个具有象征意义的里程碑,给始于1月3日艾奥瓦州初选、历时五个月的征程划上了句号。
Before he dropped out of the presidential campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses in January, Biden said he did not think Senator Obama was ready for the White House. 在今年于爱奥华州举行的党内初选当中,拜登表现不佳,于是他决定退出选举。在宣布退选之前,拜登表示,他不认为奥巴马已经做好入主白宫的准备。
Tuesday's win was the second in four days for Senator Obama, who also won big in Saturday's Wyoming caucuses. 星期二的胜利是奥巴马4天来的第二场胜利。上星期六,他在怀俄明州的党内预选中以较大优势取胜。
But at least the New Hampshire Primaries together with the Iowa Caucuses tell how well candidates are doing with grassroots Americans. 然而新罕普什尔州初选和爱奥华州政党基层会议至少说明了侯选人在基层美国人中有多少威信。
There are a number of factors that people look at, wwqwqwwe have delegates selected by millions of people in primaries and delegates selected by a few thousand people in caucuses. 选民们会考虑许多因素。我们有由数百万基层选民选出的(宣誓)代表和政党预备会议上的几千人选出的(超级)代表。
Dodd pulled out of the presidential race shortly after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses in early January. 多德在今年1月初爱奥华州的党内预选中表现不佳,在那之后不久他就退出了总统竞选。
A lot of experts have predicted that, since he won the state` s caucuses four years ago as well. 很多专家也是这样预测,因为他四年前就赢得了党团会议。
Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。
Historically, the Kim family has used party caucuses to purge political enemies, as well as proclaim long-term visions for the country. 历史上,金家人用党的核心小组,以清除政敌,以及宣布为国家的长远愿景。
Most of the 130000 Republicans who attended the 2008 caucuses in Iowa, the first battle of the race, did indeed identify themselves as religious conservatives, as one might expect in a state settled by pious Lutherans, Methodists and Catholics. 参加2008年爱荷华州党团会议(提名角逐头一战)的13万共和党人,大多数自认是宗教保守主义者在一个居住着路德会教友、循道宗信徒和天主教徒的州,这是可以想见的。
A phrased coined for the2008 election, when many states, in an attempt to have more influence on the outcome of the race, have moved their primaries or caucuses to earlier in the year. 为2008年大选创造的新词,企图对竞选结果有更多影响力的许多州已将预选或核心会议提前到今年年初。
A second successive defeat for either Mrs Clinton or Mr Romney would leave their presidential hopes hanging by a thread heading into the barrage of other state primaries and caucuses over the next few weeks. 如果希拉里或罗姆内连续第二次失利,他们的大选希望将在未来数周一系列的各州初选和党内竞选中悬于一线。
And it is an imperfect predictor of who will win the Iowa caucuses, let alone the Republican presidential nomination. 它也无法准确预测,到底谁将在爱州的核心会议上获胜,更别提共和党的总统提名了。
The straw poll is an unreliable predictor of the winner of the Iowa caucuses, let alone the Republican nomination or the presidency. 民意调查对于爱荷华州领导班子的获胜者来说是一个不可信赖的预言,更不用说共和党提名或者总统职务了。
Throughout the country, polls will be closing the "Super Tuesday" with primaries and caucuses spread across nearly half the nation in this wide-open presidential campaign. 在全国范围内的关于超级星期二的民意调查即将结束。在这场声势浩大的总统选举中,此次初选在全美近一半的州镇展开。
Only three of the past five victors have gone on to win the caucuses, only two the nomination and only one ( George Bush junior in2000) the presidency. 五个获胜者中只有三个继续赢得了决策干部的名额,其中两个是共和党提名,一个是总统职位(2000年小布什)。
For the Republicans, Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, stunned many analysts by winning the Iowa caucuses. 曾任基督教浸礼会传教士的共和党人迈克.赫卡比在爱奥华州美国总统大选的共和党党内预选的提名中获胜,这使得许多分析人士大感意外。
Moreover, poorer candidates have won early primaries in the past, including Mike Huckabee, who triumphed in Iowa's Republican caucuses in2008 despite being massively outspent by Mr Romney. 比如麦克·哈克比,尽管他的资金远远少于罗姆尼,但却赢得了2008年爱荷华州党内初选。
And in the days leading up to the caucuses, town meetings where voters declare their preferences, the campaigning has become intense. 在为预备会议准备的日子里,投票人在镇民大会上声明他们的支持方使竞选活动变得愈发激烈。
I was a western negotiator in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe in the 1980s. We used to hold EU caucuses and decide our positions. 我曾于20世纪80年代在欧洲安全与合作会议(ConferenceonSecurityandCo-operationinEurope)中担任西方的谈判代表之一。我们当时曾举行欧洲经济共同体分组会议,确定我们的立场。
Republicans in Congress have already formed Tea Party Caucuses in both the House and Senate to push the demands of the Tea Party movement in Washington. 国会共和党人已经在参众两院组成了茶党党团会议,以推动茶党运动在华盛顿的诉求。
It will be almost a year before Republicans can begin the process of selecting their presidential nominee through a series of state caucuses and primary votes. 现在距离共和党人启动通过各州预选会议和初选来挑选本党总统候选人的过程,还有将近1年的时间。
Bachmann leads in opinion polls in Iowa and hopes a good showing on Saturday will boost her chances in next February's Iowa presidential caucuses, the event that kicks off the U. 巴赫曼在爱奥华州的民意调查中领先,她希望在星期六有良好的表现,以便提高她在明年2月爱奥华州党内基层会议选举中胜选的机会。