多数投票人认为结果是早成定局的事。

Most voters believe the result is a foregone conclusion.

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你们更应该将该结果与再早几年的正常时期相比较。

You really should compare against a couple years further back for more normal times.

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肖说现在就根据日本的状况判断结果为时尚早。

Shaw said it's too early to tell the fallout from the situation in Japan.

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An hour later he was gone--still gone and it was around the corner.

结果他去了一个小时还没回来,照理说早该回到了。

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