第一, 情景对话
A: Who will be the next chairman of Student Union?
谁将会是下一届的学生会主席?
B: Jim has won a landslide victory in the election.
吉姆以压倒性优势取得了胜利。
A: Just as I had expected.
果然不出我所料。
第二, 词海拾贝
landslide
exp. An election in which one person or party gets very many more votes than the other people or parties. (压倒性胜利的优势)
e.g. She was expected to win by a landslide.
人们期望她以压倒性的优势获胜。
e.g. Her conjecture that the election would be a landslide proved to be true.
她关于选举会大获全胜的推测证明是正确的。
e.g. The expected landslide did not occur on the third ballot, and Farley turned in desperation to the Texas and California delegates.
在第三轮投票时,这种预期的压倒优胜并未出现,法利拼命转向得克萨斯和加利福尼亚的代表。
第三, 语汇积累
1. win a victiory:获胜
e.g. The army win a miraculous victory over a much stronger enemy.
这支军队打败了强得多的敌人,赢得奇迹般的胜利。
e.g. We can win a victory only if we hold together.
只有大家同心协力,我们才能最终取得胜利。
2. in the election:在选举中
e.g. I am very heartened by her success in the election.
她在竞选中获胜令我大受鼓舞。
e.g. He has the inside track in the election because his father was so well known and admired.
他在竞选中处于有利地位,因为他父亲非常出名而又受人钦佩。
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