Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards came in a distant third behind Clinton and Obama.

前北卡罗来纳州参议员约翰·爱德华兹远远落后于克林顿和奥巴马，名列第三。

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Basketball has always been a distant third in sports rankings in the United States behind baseball and American football.

篮球在美国的运动排名上始终一直位居第三，远远落在棒球和美式足球之后。

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The faculty at highly ranked research universities, public and private, tend to focus heavily on research and graduate education, with undergraduate education a distant third.

无论是公立还是私立的重点名牌院校，通常花费大量精力用于科研以及研究生的培养上，而本科生的培养只能排在第三的位置。

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John McCain garnering the second-most votes and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee finishing a distant third.

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Sporting KC is a distant third, with a nearly 4% shot at winning the cup.

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Meek is a distant third, with Crist within striking distance in our latest Zogby telephone survey.

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