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Mr. Biden enters the Democratic race as something of a front-runner,
盡管面臨來自各方的挑戰，以及民眾對其長期以來的政治記錄揮之不去的質疑，
albeit one beset by challenges from all flanks and looming questions about his long political record.
拜登幾乎還是以領跑者的身份登上了民主黨競選名單。
Two of Mr. Biden’s populist rivals, Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts,
拜登有兩位民粹主義對手，一位是來自佛蒙特州的參議員伯尼·桑德斯，另一位是來自馬薩諸塞州的參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫，
were already jabbing at his relationships with moneyed interests on Thursday.
周四，這兩人就已經開始抨擊他和有錢階級的關系了。
And Mr. Biden’s allies believe he must soon explain to voters his evolution on a range of issues,
拜登的盟友也認為，他必須盡快向選民解釋他在一系列問題上的進展，
including elemental ones like criminal justice, abortion rights and the Iraq war.
比如在刑事司法，墮胎權和伊拉克戰爭等基本問題上的進展。
In a sign he may recognize the urgency of that task,
或許，拜登已經在征兆中意識到了這項任務的緊迫性，
Mr. Biden recently spoke privately with Anita Hill,
因為最近他已經私下和安妮塔·希爾交談過了，
who in 1991 was questioned harshly by a Senate committee led by Mr. Biden
原來，1991年妮塔·希爾在對現任最高法院法官克拉倫斯·托馬斯提出性騷擾的指控后，
after she accused Clarence Thomas, now a Supreme Court justice, of sexual harassment.
曾受到拜登領導的參議院委員會的嚴厲質詢。
Mr. Biden expressed regret, according to an aide,
據一位助手說，拜登對他那次的行為表示很遺憾，
but in an interview Ms. Hill said she left the conversation feeling deeply unsatisfied and did not describe Mr. Biden as having apologized.
但希爾在接受采訪時說，談話結束時她感到非常不滿，她也沒提到拜登已經向她道歉。
Mr. Biden’s long-awaited entry effectively completes the list of Democratic candidates,
拜登這次被期待已久的入場有力地補全了民主黨的候選名單，
a cast of 20 characters that is the most diverse presidential field ever.
名單上的20名候選人堪稱是有史以來最多元的總統競選陣營。
Atop it, for now, are two white men in their eighth decades of life — Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders.
目前，高居榜首的是兩位80多歲的白人男性——拜登和桑德斯。
Mr. Biden’s position as the leading Democratic candidate is an unfamiliar one for him.
民主黨候選人首選這一資格對拜登來說并不很熟悉。
His two previous presidential bids, in 1988 and 2008, failed to catch on.
他前兩次的總統競選，一次是1988年，另一次是2008年，都沒有成功。
Though he campaigned twice as former President Barack Obama’s running mate,
盡管拜登曾兩次作為前總統巴拉克·奧巴馬的競選搭檔參加（總統）競選，
Mr. Biden has never been the starring actor in a major political production of his own inception.
他還從來沒有在他自己的大型政治版《盜夢空間》中擔任過主角。
The overarching question of Mr. Biden’s campaign
拜登競選要面臨的首要問題是
is whether he can fill that role with sufficient competence and imagination
他是否有足夠的能力和想象力來勝任這個角色，
to both dispel Democratic concerns about his personal discipline
消除民主黨對他個人紀律的擔憂，
and inspire younger voters for whom he is a relatively distant figure.
并激勵年輕的選民，因為對這些選民來說，他和大家比較疏遠。
He gave a brief preview on Thursday evening of how he might talk about issues besides Mr. Trump,
周四晚上，他簡要介紹了自己接下來可能會討論特朗普之外的其他問題，
telling the fund-raising gathering that he would focus on “economic dignity” as an organizing concept.
他在籌款大會上表示，他將把“經濟尊嚴”作為競選的一個組織理念。
“My North Star of what we’re going to talk about, in terms of the economy,
“關于我們后期要討論的問題，就經濟而言，我的方針就是
is restoring the middle class, but looking at dignity, not just the G.D.P.,” said Mr. Biden.
復興中產階級，但不能只看GDP，也要看尊嚴，”拜登說。
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