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come in (比赛)得名次
例句：The horse came in second.
那匹马得了第二名。

2. It`s not unusual to see some of the candidates who finish lower in these early contests drop out of the race for the White House.

drop out离开, 退出
例句：Teenagers who drop out of high school have trouble finding jobs.
中学辍学的青少年难找工作。

3. As you can see, there are people signing their names and addresses, what have you, and if their name isn`t on the list, but if they want to participate in the caucus, they can simply sign up, register as a Republican, and then they`re eligible to do so.

participate in参加
例句：The people are demanding a chance to participate more in government.
人民要求更多的参与政事的机会。
sign up跟…签订合同
例句：They manage to sign up all the best performers.
他们设法跟所有最佳演员签订合同。

4. What you`re looking at right now is the votes being tabulated, those on each piece of paper is the name of one of the candidates.

look at看, 注视
例句：My work hasn't been looked at for a week.
我干了一个星期的工作也没人看一眼。

5. Mitt Romney is 13 votes ahead of Rick Santorum, 13 votes separate Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, 27,830 to 27,817, 92 percent of the precincts have reported. How close is this? I don`t think it could get much closer.

ahead of在…之前
例句：She left one day ahead of him.
她是在他离开的前一天离开的。

6. As we speak, and we wait for the final vote to come in.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
我等车已等了半个小时了。

7. Mitt Romney wins by a grand total of eight votes.

grand total总共, 总计, 合计
例句：I spent a grand total of $150.
我总共花了一百五十美元。