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VOA慢速英语:Clinton, Trump Win Big, Look Toward November

2016-04-28来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. The two candidates are close to claiming their parties’ nominations for president.

close to 离…近; 与…关系密切; 近乎; 临近
例句:The building is conveniently located close to public transportations.
房子地理位置好,附近有公共交通。

2. On the Democratic Party side, Clinton has a total of 2,141 delegates.

a total of 总数为
例句:Their expenses reached a total of 1, 000 pounds.
他们的花费总计1000英镑。

3. Polls in the last month show Clinton winning by close to nine percent, according to a VOA news article.

according to 根据,按照
例句:According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。