共和党南卡罗来纳州的初选

in advance of在…之前, 超过
例句：British Summer Time is one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time.
英国的夏季时间比标准时间快一小时。

2. Thursday when one candidate left the race while another fended off allegations from an ex-wife.

fend off挡开;避开
例句：The politician fended off the question.
那位政治家避开了这个问题。

3. While they argued over jobs, health care and leadership, the focus was on personal allegations concerning former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich.

argue over就…争论〔辩论〕
例句：They are arguing vociferously over who should pay the bill.
他们为谁该付账单大声争吵。

4. Gingrich denied an allegation made by one of his two ex-wives, Marianne Gingrich, who said he once asked her to accept the fact that he was involved with a woman staff member even though he was still married to her.

involve with与(某人)有密切关系
例句：How long has Grace been involved with that red-haired boy?
格雷斯与那个红头发的小伙子来往多久了?

5. “I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country," Gingrich replied, "harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.”

run for竞选；让…竞选
例句：Mr. Brown did not want to run for governor of the state last year.
布朗先生去年不想竞选州长。

6. Recent polls show Gingrich is gaining ground on the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

gain ground on逼近; 接近
例句：The police car was gaining ground on the robbers.
警车正在逼近抢劫犯。

7. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum and Texas Congressman Ron Paul also took part in the debate.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

8. Santorum was critical of both Romney and Gingrich in Thursday’s debate and said he was the best conservative candidate to take on the president in November.

take on承担(责任等)；担任(工作)
例句：He is unwilling to take on heavy responsibilities.
他不愿承担重任。

9. But the question is whether the revelations from Gingrich’s ex-wife will hurt him with religious and social conservative voters who make up a large percentage of South Carolina's Republican electorate.

make up组成, 构成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。

10. Since 1980, the winner of the South Carolina primary has always gone on to win the Republican nomination for president.

go on继续下去
例句：If he goes on like this he'll lose his job.
如果他继续这样下去,他会丢掉差事的。