竞选者

Frank Bruni, who covered his election campaign for the New York Times, wrote in 2002 that "the Bush I knew was part scamp and part bumbler, a timeless fraternity boy and heedless cutup, a weekday gym rat and weekend napster." And the then governor of Texas presented himself as a centrist—a new kind of "compassionate conservative", a "uniter rather than a divider", an advocate of a "humble" and restrained foreign policy.

在纽约时报为他撰写竞选特稿的弗兰克·布鲁尼，在2002年曾写道："我所知的布什是个时而顽皮时而木讷，长不大的兄弟会男孩，不拘小节的"小丑"，周中他是健生狂，而周末又是个音乐迷"之后这位前德州州长将自己展示为一位中间派，"富有同情心的保守党人"的一种新类别，一位"团结者而非分裂者"，一位"谦逊"克制外交政策的支持者。

It used to be that corporate contributions and direct union contributions to candidates were illegal.

在上一轮竞选回合中，安然是国家竞选最大的捐助者，公司和它的执行者拨出240万资金，其中2/3以上成为不规范的软金。

A third candidate for president, hardliner Mohsen Rezaei, who headed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards for 16 years, campaigned in northern Iran, saying he would form a coalition government which includes "efficient people that abide by the law."

竞选总统的第三位参选者是曾领导伊朗革命卫队16年的强硬派人士雷扎伊，他在伊朗北部进行竞选宣传时说，他将组成一个联合政府，由遵行法律并讲究效率的人士组成。

And this is not even to speak of the weirdos outside.

林顿拉鲁什，民族党总统的提名竞选者，他的追随者四天来一直在贝拉中心外面散发传单&气候变化恶作剧等于种族灭绝&。

The witch was wearing a vapid smile like a beauty contestant, and from what Harry knew of goblins and centaurs, they were most unlikely to be caught staring so soppily at humans of any description.

这个巫师脸上带着索然无味的微笑，就象一个漂亮的竞选者，而且就哈利所知的小妖精和其他魔法生物，它们大多数都不愿意被人类如此盯着并这样描绘。

DURING the presidential campaign of 1800, partisans harnessed high-speed technology to spread their message.

1800年的美国总统选举，竞选者们已经开始试图通过掌握高速的技术手段来发布有关他们的信息。

Haaretz invites panellists to rank all the rivals for the presidency on a scale of one to ten.

国土报》邀请小组辩论对所有总统竞选者进行打分排名，规定最高分10分、最低分1分。

In fact, he's a loose cannon who might do more damage to our side than the man I'm running against.

事实上，他是一个我行我素不顾后果的人，他可能对我方造成的损害比我们的竞选者更多。

By remaining in the race, and so prolonging it, her critics say, she is jeopardising the Democrats' chances against the Republicans in November.

她的批评者称，她继续竞选从而拖延竞选，会危害民主党在11月对决共和党的机会。

Could Mr Obama, simply by dint of being black and having lived in Muslim Indonesia for six years as a boy, really change America's international image so easily?

作为一个黑人竞选者，Obama是否可以并且凭借儿时在印尼穆斯林长达6 年的生活而轻而易举的真正改变美国的国际形象？

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。