Race?tightens?in?France?for?runoff?vote
runoff? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj. 決勝的
First-round?result?leaves?Macron?with?battle?to?keep?presidency?from?Le?Pen
首輪選舉之后，馬克龍將與勒龐繼續(xù)角逐總統(tǒng)
French?President?Emmanuel?Macron?will?face?off?with?far-right?candidate?Marine?Le?Pen?in?a?runoff?of?the?presidential?election?on?April?24?following?Sunday's?first?round?of?voting,?but?the?race?will?be?tighter?than?many?had?expected.
在周日（4月10日）的首輪投票之后，現(xiàn)任法國(guó)總統(tǒng)埃馬紐埃爾·馬克龍（Emmanuel?Macron）將在4月24日的總統(tǒng)決選對(duì)戰(zhàn)極右翼政黨候選人瑪麗娜·勒龐（Marine?Le?Pen）蹭越，但是競(jìng)選會(huì)比許多人想得更為膠著撮抓。
face off? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?和……對(duì)抗
Macron?won?27.6?percent?of?the?votes?while?Le?Pen?obtained?23.4?percent?in?the?first?round?on?Sunday?that?featured?12?candidates,?according?to?the?French?Interior?Ministry.
根據(jù)法國(guó)內(nèi)政部數(shù)據(jù)振劳，參加周日總統(tǒng)選舉第一輪角逐的12位候選人中，馬克龍得票率為27.6?%苇侵，勒龐得票率為23.4%赶盔。
feature? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 以……為主要組成
Far-left?candidate?Jean-Luc?Melenchon?came?in?third?with?22?percent.?But?according?to?the?rules,?only?the?top?two?candidates?go?to?the?runoff.
極左翼政黨候選人讓-呂克·梅朗雄（Jean-Luc?Melenchon）得票率為22%，排第三榆浓。但根據(jù)規(guī)則招刨，只有得票率前兩名的候選人才能進(jìn)入決選階段。
Macron?started?his?reelection?campaign?only?two?weeks?ago,?much?later?than?Le?Pen?and?other?candidates?believing?he?would?have?an?easy?win.?His?presidency?since?2017?has?been?marred?by?the?massive?Yellow?Vest?movement?starting?in?late?2018?when?people?voiced?their?grievances?about?hardships?in?their?daily?lives,?especially?with?rising?living?costs.
馬克龍?jiān)趦芍芮安砰_始連任競(jìng)選活動(dòng)哀军，比勒龐及其他候選人晚許多，馬克龍認(rèn)為自己可以輕松贏得選舉打却。自從馬克龍2017年擔(dān)任法國(guó)總統(tǒng)以來(lái)杉适，其執(zhí)政深受2018年底開始的大規(guī)模“黃背心”運(yùn)動(dòng)之困柳击，當(dāng)時(shí)法國(guó)人民表達(dá)了對(duì)于其日常生活困苦的不滿猿推，尤其是在生活成本不斷上升的情況下。
mar? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v.破壞，損壞? ? ? ? n.污點(diǎn)蹬叭，瑕疵
grievance???????????????? n.不滿藕咏，不平；委屈秽五，冤情孽查；投訴
Le?Pen,?who?lost?to?Macron?in?the?2017?runoff,?has?campaigned?hard?by?focusing?on?daily?life?issues?such?as?inflation?and?incomes.?She?has?softened?her?views?on?a?number?of?issues?in?a?bid?to?attract?more?conservative?voters.?She?has?also?pushed?to?cut?value-added?tax?on?basic?foodstuffs?and?bring?forward?the?retirement?age?to?attract?some?left-wing?voters.
勒龐曾在2017年總統(tǒng)決選中輸給馬克龍，在此次競(jìng)選活動(dòng)中坦喘，她開足馬力盲再，將重心放在通貨膨脹和收入等民生問(wèn)題上。為吸引更多的保守選民瓣铣，她也弱化了關(guān)于許多議題的立場(chǎng)答朋。她還主張削減基本食物的增值稅，將退休年齡提前棠笑，以吸引一些左翼選民梦碗。
in a bid to? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 為了……
A?final?debate?on?April?20?before?the?second-round?vote?will?provide?the?two?candidates?an?opportunity?to?convince?nearly?half?of?the?French?voters?who?didn't?vote?for?them?in?the?first?round.
在第二輪投票之前，4月20日將舉行最后一場(chǎng)辯論蓖救，兩位候選人將有機(jī)會(huì)爭(zhēng)取在第一輪投票中未支持他們的近一半法國(guó)選民的選票洪规。
Both?sides?will?rev?up?their?campaigns?in?the?coming?two?weeks.?Macron?was?expected?to?take?his?campaign?to?win?extra?votes?to?the?industrial?heartlands?of?northern?France?on?Monday.
雙方將在未來(lái)兩周開足馬力進(jìn)行競(jìng)選活動(dòng)。馬克龍預(yù)計(jì)將在周一（4月18日）在法國(guó)北部工業(yè)腹地進(jìn)行競(jìng)選活動(dòng)藻糖，以贏得更多選票淹冰。
rev up? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 加快轉(zhuǎn)速
heartland? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.中心地帶
The?close?race?is?likely?to?cause?huge?concern?in?Washington?and?Brussels?because?of?Le?Pen's?views?on?NATO?and?the?European?Union?that?differ?from?Macron's,?especially?during?the?Russia-Ukraine?crisis.
這場(chǎng)相差無(wú)幾的總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選有可能引起美國(guó)和歐盟的巨大關(guān)切，因?yàn)樵诒奔s和歐盟問(wèn)題上巨柒，勒龐和馬克龍持有不同的觀點(diǎn)樱拴，尤其在俄烏危機(jī)期間。
Le?Pen?earlier?stated?her?desire?to?pull?France?out?of?NATO's?integrated?command?structure?"so?as?to?be?no?longer?caught?up?in?conflicts?that?are?not?ours".?France?is?the?only?nuclear?power?and?the?only?permanent?member?of?the?United?Nations?Security?Council?among?the?EU's?27?members.
勒龐早期曾表示洋满，她希望法國(guó)退出北約軍事一體化機(jī)構(gòu)晶乔，“這樣法國(guó)就不會(huì)卷入與自己無(wú)關(guān)的沖突之中”。法國(guó)是歐盟27國(guó)中唯一的擁核國(guó)家和聯(lián)合國(guó)安理會(huì)常任理事國(guó)之一牺勾。
pull A out of B? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 把A從B拉出來(lái)
While?Le?Pen's?party,?the?National?Rally,?is?no?longer?talking?about?leaving?the?EU,?the?Schengen?visa-free?zone?and?the?euro,?she?has?been?widely?viewed?as?a?Euroskeptic.
盡管勒龐所屬黨派“國(guó)民陣線”已經(jīng)不再討論脫歐正罢、申根區(qū)和歐元區(qū)，勒龐仍被視為“疑歐主義者”驻民。
The?presidential?election?happens?to?fall?during?France's?presidency?of?the?Council?of?the?European?Union,?a?rotating?position?that?the?country?occupies?for?the?first?six?months?of?this?year.
法國(guó)總統(tǒng)選舉恰逢法國(guó)擔(dān)任歐盟理事會(huì)輪值主席國(guó)期間翻具，輪值期為今年上半年。
happen to fall? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ????????恰逢……
