1:Prayuth also accepted on Friday the nomination as a candidate for prime minister from his military-backed party.2:He has been considered the front-runner for the March 24 elections.3:Observers say this is because his government has made changes to the constitution and election rules that make it difficult for political parties without military backing to win.

1:巴育周五也接受了军方支持党派的提名成为总理候选人。2:他也被视为3月24日大选的领跑者。3:观察家们表示，这是因为他的政府修改了宪法和选举规则，使得没有军方支持的政党难以获胜。

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1:It could make or break the chances of Angelino Alfano, the secretary of Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative People of Freedom movement (PdL).2:On October 24th Mr Berlusconi confirmed he would not run again for prime minister and announced a primary election to choose the PdL’s candidate on December 16th.3:Mr Alfano, a Sicilian whom the media tycoon had named as his successor, is a front-runner.4:But if his native island, where Mr Berlusconi won all 61 seats in Italy’s 2001 general election, veers left, it will blight his chances.

1:对于偏向保守的“自由人民党”（PdL，意大利前总理贝卢斯科尼（Silvio Berlusconi）所属其中）秘书长阿尔法诺（Angelino Alfano）而言，本次西西里岛选举非福即祸。2:10月24日，贝卢斯科尼前总理声明不会再度竞选意大利总理一职，并宣称于12月6日举行初选，以决定该党的竞选人。3:西西里岛出身的阿尔法诺已被传媒巨头指明为贝卢斯科尼的后任，并在候选人中遥遥领先。4:西西里岛原本是贝卢斯科尼于2001年意大利大选时赢得61票之地，但若这块阿尔法诺的故土突然倒戈向左派，他的希望将顿时变得渺茫。

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1:Microsoft won a $10bn contract to create a “war-fighter” cloud-computing system for the Pentagon.2:The decision to award the Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure (JEDI) project to Microsoft was a surprise, as Amazon had been the front-runner.3:It might yet challenge the decision, especially given Donald Trump’s animosity towards Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s boss.4:Mr Trump reportedly wanted to “screw” Amazon over the contract.

1:微软赢得了一份价值100亿美元的合同，为五角大楼开发“作战人员”云计算系统。2:将联合企业防御基础设施(JEDI)项目授予微软的决定让人意外，因为亚马逊一直是第一人选。3:这可能会对这一决定构成挑战，尤其是考虑到特朗普对亚马逊(Amazon)老板杰夫·贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)的敌意。4:据报道，特朗普想在合同上“打压”亚马逊。

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A survey of American military personnel found that Donald Trump was the preferred presidential candidate among people on active duty. Support for him was twice that for the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton. On a negative note for both, over a fifth said they would rather not vote in November if the choice was between the two.

一项对美国军人的调查显示，在现役军人中，总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）有较高的支持率，是民主党总统候选领跑人希拉里·克林顿的两倍。而在那些既不支持特朗普也不支持希拉里的军人中，超过两成的人表示如果总统将在这两个人中产生，那么自己宁愿不参与在十一月份的投票。翻译：殷美玲 张力文 校对：倪凌晖

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offering voters an early peek at the potential match-up between the Democratic front-runner and the Republican incumbent who is seeking a second four-year term.

这让选民们先睹为快，看看这位民主党领跑者和正在寻求第二个四年任期的共和党现任总统之间可能会有什么样的较量。

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"Clinton had a bad couple of weeks and as a front-runner she's a target for everyone, she's treated almost as the incumbent, " Zogby said.

“希拉里过去两周糟糕透顶，作为领跑者，她成为众矢之的，她几乎被当成了在任总统，”佐格比说。

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What the front-runner to lead the IMF could learn from the other candidates

IMF领导人选战领先者可以从对手身上学到些什么

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John McCain, for example, entered the 2008 race as the front-runner largely because of his honourable failure in 2000.

比如说，约翰麦凯恩很大程度上因为2000年竞选失败者的身份参加2008年的竞选。

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And I read in the news that China is a front-runner to build a super-fast computer.

并且，从新闻中我获知中国在制造超速计算机领域也是个世界领跑者。

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Poland's foreign (and ex-defence) minister, Radek Sikorski, is an early front-runner.

波兰外交部长扎德克•西科尔斯基（波兰前国防部长）是最初的秘书长热门人选。

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Mr Brown's exit will bring a contest featuring plenty of unpalatable contenders but no obvious front-runner.

布朗的退出会引来具有大量低等级竞争者而少真实实力派特点的竞赛。

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Dart's solution, while the front-runner for more than 50 years, failed to win everyone over.

达特的想法虽然领导潮流超过50年，但却并不是人人信服。

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But, for the time being at least, the Republican front-runner Mitt Romney seems to rely more on realists than neocons.

但是，至少暂时，共和党总统竞选的领先者米特·罗姆尼看起来更倚重现实主义者而非新保守派。

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The next front runner , federal Judge Kimba Wood, was out in Colorado skiing when asked if she had a nanny problem.

接下来的前面的选手联邦法官Kimba木、都在科罗拉多滑雪当问她是否已经保姆的问题。

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For example, Apax is the front-runner to buy ISS, a Danish cleaning firm already owned by private-equity outfits.

例如，安佰深是收购ISS呼声最高的私募公司，而ISS这家丹麦的清洁公司早已被其他私募收购了。

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The front-runner's questionable poll position

领先者的民调数字令人质疑

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The European Union, as front-runner, offered to boost its 20% cuts to 30%, conditional on other parties' actions.

欧盟作为领跑者率先将截至2020年的减排量由20%调整到了30%，但附条件要求其它各方采取相关行动。

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Dmitry Medvedev, a 42-year-old lawyer chosen by Mr Putin to be Russia's next president, was always a front-runner.

普京亲手挑选的42岁律师德米特里•梅德韦捷夫（DmitryMedvedev）是一位一路领先的人，他也将成为俄罗斯下届的总统。

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The front-runner, though, is James Clapper, the Pentagon's undersecretary for intelligence.

然而，竞争领先者是五角大楼情报部门副部长，詹姆士克拉伯。

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Any poll will ratify the significance of that insight: Romney is the front-runner, and Huntsman is languishing in single digits.

任何投票都会认同这个事实：罗姆尼是比赛的领先者，而Huntsman却陷在开始的几步里。

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Okinawa in Japan is the front runner .

日本冲绳更是首屈一指。

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Being the front-runner is not easy and the race, which suddenly seems to have begun, is far from decided.

身为领先者并不容易，突然之间这场比赛似乎已经开始，但结果如何还是未知数。

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The same day, the ambassador delivered a blunt message to the front-runner, President Hamid Karzai: "Don't declare victory. "

同一天，在传递给选举领先者哈米德·卡尔扎伊总统的言辞中，该大使的信息直接了断：“不要宣布胜利。”

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It is true that the front-runner in the run-off on February 7th is the Russian-backed villain of 2004-05, Viktor Yanukovich (pictured left).

无疑，2月7日决赛的领跑者是俄罗斯于2004-05年间所支持的恶棍维克多·亚努克维奇（图右）。

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The early front-runner is Á alvaro Colom, a candidate of the centre-left who lost to Mr Berger in 2003.

先前的竞争领先者是阿尔瓦罗•柯洛姆，一个中左派的候选人，在2003年的总统大选中他败给了博尔赫。

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Now, amid talk of a privatisation, a French bidder is seen as a front-runner to buy the port itself.

现在，航线私有化成了人们街头巷尾热议的话题，一位法国竞买者可能会捷足先登。

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Now Mr McCain is the clear front-runner and Mr Giuliani is out of the race.

现在麦凯恩先生是优势巨大的领跑者，而朱利安尼先生已经退出了。

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The Democratic front-runner, Barack Obama, trails far behind (5. 12).

一路领先的民主党人巴拉克·奥巴马（5.12分）远远落后。

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It is a pity the front-runner is in denial.

遗憾的是，这位领跑者否认这一点。

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At the time, many dismissed this as the bitterness of a Democratic front-runner who was heading towards a painful defeat.

在那时，许多人对这番话不以为然，认为这不过是正步向惨痛失败的民主党总统竞选领跑者在吐苦水而已。

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