it also puts obama on the spot to make good on his promises as a presidential candidate in 2008 to act on climate change.
此次活动亦令奥巴马处于难堪境地,他曾于2008年总统竞选时承诺在气候变化方面采取有效措施。
it is a cardinal rule of french politics that a presidential candidate must know how to caress a bovine bottom with aplomb.
法国政坛的一项基本规则就是总统候选人必须知道如何挥洒自如地爱抚牛屁股。
now a presidential candidate himself, obama borrowed rhetoric from his own appeals to campaign audiences this year in the likes of berlin, n. h. , as he spoke in one of the great cities of europe.
现在总统候选人奥巴马在欧洲的最大城市之一演讲时,借用了他今年对新罕布什尔州类似柏林的城市中的选民们演讲时所用的措辞。
as a presidential candidate in 2008, obama promised to double the foreign aid budget within five years.
2008年作为总统候选人,奥巴马承诺使对外援助资金五年内翻倍。
venezuela’s opposition, too, must adapt to these uncertainties. gathered in the democratic unity coalition, it plans to select a presidential candidate in a primary in february.
委国的反对派同样在增加局面的不确定性,民盟召集人员,打算在大选的第一阶段推出自己的总统候选人。
in his remarks obama recalled a pledge he made as a presidential candidate in 2008 to make immigration reform a top priority in his first year in the white house.
奥巴马总统在讲话中回顾了他在2008年竞选总统期间所做的、上任第一年就将把改革移民法作为首要任务之一的承诺;
if a presidential candidate cannot meet that standard, then we question his qualifications for the highest office in the land.
如果一名总统候选人不能达到这个标準,我们就要质疑他担任美国最高领导人的资格。
the latest is manuel valls, a young deputy and mayor of evry, near paris, who fancies himself as a presidential candidate in 2012.
最近跳出来发表指责言论的是年轻的社会党代表、埃弗里(巴黎附近一个城市)市长曼纽尔?瓦尔斯,此君自诩为2012年的总统候选人。
「that」s horrifying, 「 clinton responded, aghast at the idea of a presidential candidate questioning an election」s validity.
希拉里对一位总统候选人质疑选举合法性的想法感到震惊,她回应道,「这太恐怖了。」