power be rotated ?政權(quán)交替
ballot ?投票
insurgent candidate ?新的候選人
implication be hard to exaggerate ? 難以描述
have reverberation ?有反響
chances sink on ?機(jī)會(huì)渺茫
standard-bearer ? 領(lǐng)袖
withdraw from the race ?出局
pool ?名義調(diào)查
sap vitality ?削弱活力
malaise ?頑疾
vim ?活力
jangle nerves ?刺激神經(jīng)桩引,緊張
cultural rift ?文化裂縫
throw bum out ?票出去
stanch the flow to trickle ?使急流緩慢
mosques ?清真寺
staunchly ?堅(jiān)定的
have short on ?缺少
publish a manifesto ?宣言
pitch himself as ?貼上標(biāo)簽
beleaguer ?包圍
trim ?削減(修剪)