The expression was first used in the southern part of the United States to describe the use of force to win an election.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

And I will leave the supreme court up to the rest of you. There is an election coming up.

最高法院那个事情就交给你们了,这不马上要选举了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

A candidate could say during an election that "I'm a moderate candidate, I'm at position 5" but you might not believe him or her.

一个候选人在整个大选中可能说,我是个中立的候选人,我的立场是5,但你不一定就相信他/她的说法

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He decided to hold an election, but only for a territorial representative to the national Congress.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Now,there was even a group of nobles who believed that they could be elected, that if you had an election people would actually vote to restore the monarchy.

当时甚至有一群贵族,相信人们会选择君主制,相信如果人们有选举权,他们就会投票保留君主政体

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The same thing happened when Kansas finally held an election for a legislature.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Certain kinds of financial markets called "Prediction markets," which may, for example, predict the outcome of an election have been seen to be very accurate predictors, often better than pollsters can manage.

人们称这种金融市场为,"可预测的市场",举个例子来说,市场对某次大选结果的反应,比民调专家,还要更加准确

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But the American economy is weak, and twenty-ten is an election year.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

We're going to imagine that there are two candidates, and what these candidates are doing is they're choosing their political positions for an election.

假设有两个候选人,而这两个候选人,为了选举必须确定自己的政治立场

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Politicians are sometimes considered lame ducks after losing an election.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

And now we've seen how it applies here in an election game.

现在我们又把这个理论运用到选举中

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Congress holds a lame duck session after an election.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Before you go though, let's just think about it a second, so you can think about it and talk about it at home, so what we just saw was an election in which we saw two candidates, Jean and Claire Elise, who both stood very close to each other.

在你们走之前,再思考一下,这样你们可以在家里思考并讨论,我们刚刚看到的是一个选举,在其中我们看到了两个候选人,吉恩和克莱尔·伊莉斯,她们离得非常近

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Sometimes,a dark horse unexpectedly wins an election.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

It's obvious he's going to win this election, Just to ask the question, is this an equilibrium?

他显然将赢得这个选举,问个问题,这是个均衡吗

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

His presidency began after an election dispute.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

So again, let's think of an example here, a couple of examples, in the Bush Gore election, we saw President Bush, candidate Bush as was, saying "I'm not a right wing candidate, I'm a compassionate conservative."

接下来我们再来分析一个案例,就是布什跟戈尔竞选总统的案例,我们都知道总统布什,那时候应该还是总统候选人布什,说他自己不是激进派,他是个有同情心的保守派

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Some consider it an election ploy. But other surveys show the majority of French believe it is a useful conversation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Good, so we assumed, we kind of jumped to just one election and at least in the American system, for better or for worse, I could voice an opinion on that there are lots of little elections on the way.

好,让我们假设,我们把思维跳跃到某一次选举中,至少在美国社会里,无论正误,我都有权发表自己的言论,现在正有很多初选进行中

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Two policemen were injured by an election-day bomb blast in the town of Naceria, Two other bombs were defused at the scene.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

He says there should have been an election to re-establish legitimate authority, which was overthrown during the first Soviet occupation in 1940.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Supporters waving colored flags and banners turned out in Tehran's Vali Asr square for an election victory rally by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

There is intense speculation that Fonseka,who is saying he will continue to serve his country, will soon challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an election.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

She said the United States would be highly skeptical of an election process that did not include representatives of all elements of the political opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

One Senate vacancy remains from the state of Minnesota, where an election recount continues.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Earlier,Eikenberry told CNN that there still is no firm figure on voter turnout for the Afghan election,acknowledging that Taliban intimidation had an impact, especially in southern Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"This is a document that puts us on an equal footing and puts obligations on the two of us, which forces us to have an election that satisfies the criteria for democracy,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Now that the presidency council and the parliament have approved an election law, Secretary Gates wants to talk to the prime minister and to Kurdish leaders about resolving broader differences over power sharing and internal borders.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

The Liberal Democratic Party suffered an embarrassing defeat in the Tokyo Metropolitan Election a few weeks ago, and it is expected to lose its half-century hold on Japanese politics in the August 30 general election.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

"What we want to do, along with friends like the Philippines and other ASEAN members is to encourage,urge, persuade the leadership of Burma to enter into this dialogue with their own people-to create the conditions for legitimacy that should be apparent when you have an election, and that is what we are looking to achieve,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12