The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform.

总统和他的支持者们几乎肯定地认为这次投票是对继续进行经济改革的授权。

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Georgia's recent transport bill has now granted MARTA a reprieve from this mandate until 2012, when the bill will allow Georgia's electorate to vote on transport projects in November's ballot.

佐治亚最新的客运条例已经允许MARTA到2012年以前缓行这个要求，到那时佐治亚的选民将在11月的选举中再决定应该选择怎样的运输体系。

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Other diplomats declared that the 48.2% of the vote Mr Karzai won both matched what opinion polls predicted and was a good enough mandate to run the country for the next five years.

其它外交官表态说卡尔扎伊48.2%的得票率吻合投票预期，而且这个得票率也给予他足够的权利来在下一个5年里统治这个国家。

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The reason this isn't a terrible assumption is you could think that getting a higher share of the vote gives you a mandate.

这么假设没什么不妥,因为你可以认为获得更多的票数,意味着你会获得委任机会

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