第一, 情景對話
A: Who will be the next chairman of Student Union?
誰將會是下一屆的學生會主席?
B: Jim has won a landslide victory in the election.
吉姆以壓倒性優(yōu)勢取得了勝利。
A: Just as I had expected.
果然不出我所料。
第二, 詞海拾貝
landslide
exp. An election in which one person or party gets very many more votes than the other people or parties. (壓倒性勝利的優(yōu)勢)
e.g. She was expected to win by a landslide.
人們期望她以壓倒性的優(yōu)勢獲勝。
e.g. Her conjecture that the election would be a landslide proved to be true.
她關(guān)于選舉會大獲全勝的推測證明是正確的。
e.g. The expected landslide did not occur on the third ballot, and Farley turned in desperation to the Texas and California delegates.
在第三輪投票時,這種預期的壓倒優(yōu)勝并未出現(xiàn),法利拼命轉(zhuǎn)向得克薩斯和加利福尼亞的代表。
第三, 語匯積累
1. win a victiory:獲勝
e.g. The army win a miraculous victory over a much stronger enemy.
這支軍隊打敗了強得多的敵人,贏得奇跡般的勝利。
e.g. We can win a victory only if we hold together.
只有大家同心協(xié)力,我們才能最終取得勝利。
2. in the election:在選舉中
e.g. I am very heartened by her success in the election.
她在競選中獲勝令我大受鼓舞。
e.g. He has the inside track in the election because his father was so well known and admired.
他在競選中處于有利地位,因為他父親非常出名而又受人欽佩。
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