Race?tightens?in?France?for?runoff?vote

runoff? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj. 決勝的

First-round?result?leaves?Macron?with?battle?to?keep?presidency?from?Le?Pen

首輪選舉之后，馬克龍將與勒龐繼續(xù)角逐總統(tǒng)

French?President?Emmanuel?Macron?will?face?off?with?far-right?candidate?Marine?Le?Pen?in?a?runoff?of?the?presidential?election?on?April?24?following?Sunday's?first?round?of?voting,?but?the?race?will?be?tighter?than?many?had?expected.

在周日（4月10日）的首輪投票之后，現(xiàn)任法國總統(tǒng)埃馬紐埃爾·馬克龍（Emmanuel?Macron）將在4月24日的總統(tǒng)決選對戰(zhàn)極右翼政黨候選人瑪麗娜·勒龐（Marine?Le?Pen），但是競選會比許多人想得更為膠著。

face off? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?和……對抗

Macron?won?27.6?percent?of?the?votes?while?Le?Pen?obtained?23.4?percent?in?the?first?round?on?Sunday?that?featured?12?candidates,?according?to?the?French?Interior?Ministry.

根據(jù)法國內(nèi)政部數(shù)據(jù)，參加周日總統(tǒng)選舉第一輪角逐的12位候選人中，馬克龍得票率為27.6?%，勒龐得票率為23.4%。

feature? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 以……為主要組成

Far-left?candidate?Jean-Luc?Melenchon?came?in?third?with?22?percent.?But?according?to?the?rules,?only?the?top?two?candidates?go?to?the?runoff.

極左翼政黨候選人讓-呂克·梅朗雄（Jean-Luc?Melenchon）得票率為22%，排第三。但根據(jù)規(guī)則，只有得票率前兩名的候選人才能進(jìn)入決選階段。

Macron?started?his?reelection?campaign?only?two?weeks?ago,?much?later?than?Le?Pen?and?other?candidates?believing?he?would?have?an?easy?win.?His?presidency?since?2017?has?been?marred?by?the?massive?Yellow?Vest?movement?starting?in?late?2018?when?people?voiced?their?grievances?about?hardships?in?their?daily?lives,?especially?with?rising?living?costs.

馬克龍?jiān)趦芍芮安砰_始連任競選活動，比勒龐及其他候選人晚許多，馬克龍認(rèn)為自己可以輕松贏得選舉。自從馬克龍2017年擔(dān)任法國總統(tǒng)以來，其執(zhí)政深受2018年底開始的大規(guī)模“黃背心”運(yùn)動之困，當(dāng)時法國人民表達(dá)了對于其日常生活困苦的不滿，尤其是在生活成本不斷上升的情況下。

mar? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v.破壞，損壞? ? ? ? n.污點(diǎn)，瑕疵

grievance???????????????? n.不滿，不平；委屈，冤情；投訴

Le?Pen,?who?lost?to?Macron?in?the?2017?runoff,?has?campaigned?hard?by?focusing?on?daily?life?issues?such?as?inflation?and?incomes.?She?has?softened?her?views?on?a?number?of?issues?in?a?bid?to?attract?more?conservative?voters.?She?has?also?pushed?to?cut?value-added?tax?on?basic?foodstuffs?and?bring?forward?the?retirement?age?to?attract?some?left-wing?voters.

勒龐曾在2017年總統(tǒng)決選中輸給馬克龍，在此次競選活動中，她開足馬力，將重心放在通貨膨脹和收入等民生問題上。為吸引更多的保守選民，她也弱化了關(guān)于許多議題的立場。她還主張削減基本食物的增值稅，將退休年齡提前，以吸引一些左翼選民。

in a bid to? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 為了……

A?final?debate?on?April?20?before?the?second-round?vote?will?provide?the?two?candidates?an?opportunity?to?convince?nearly?half?of?the?French?voters?who?didn't?vote?for?them?in?the?first?round.

在第二輪投票之前，4月20日將舉行最后一場辯論，兩位候選人將有機(jī)會爭取在第一輪投票中未支持他們的近一半法國選民的選票。

Both?sides?will?rev?up?their?campaigns?in?the?coming?two?weeks.?Macron?was?expected?to?take?his?campaign?to?win?extra?votes?to?the?industrial?heartlands?of?northern?France?on?Monday.

雙方將在未來兩周開足馬力進(jìn)行競選活動。馬克龍預(yù)計(jì)將在周一（4月18日）在法國北部工業(yè)腹地進(jìn)行競選活動，以贏得更多選票。

rev up? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 加快轉(zhuǎn)速

heartland? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.中心地帶

The?close?race?is?likely?to?cause?huge?concern?in?Washington?and?Brussels?because?of?Le?Pen's?views?on?NATO?and?the?European?Union?that?differ?from?Macron's,?especially?during?the?Russia-Ukraine?crisis.

這場相差無幾的總統(tǒng)競選有可能引起美國和歐盟的巨大關(guān)切，因?yàn)樵诒奔s和歐盟問題上，勒龐和馬克龍持有不同的觀點(diǎn)，尤其在俄烏危機(jī)期間。

Le?Pen?earlier?stated?her?desire?to?pull?France?out?of?NATO's?integrated?command?structure?"so?as?to?be?no?longer?caught?up?in?conflicts?that?are?not?ours".?France?is?the?only?nuclear?power?and?the?only?permanent?member?of?the?United?Nations?Security?Council?among?the?EU's?27?members.

勒龐早期曾表示，她希望法國退出北約軍事一體化機(jī)構(gòu)，“這樣法國就不會卷入與自己無關(guān)的沖突之中”。法國是歐盟27國中唯一的擁核國家和聯(lián)合國安理會常任理事國之一。

pull A out of B? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 把A從B拉出來

While?Le?Pen's?party,?the?National?Rally,?is?no?longer?talking?about?leaving?the?EU,?the?Schengen?visa-free?zone?and?the?euro,?she?has?been?widely?viewed?as?a?Euroskeptic.

盡管勒龐所屬黨派“國民陣線”已經(jīng)不再討論脫歐、申根區(qū)和歐元區(qū)，勒龐仍被視為“疑歐主義者”。

The?presidential?election?happens?to?fall?during?France's?presidency?of?the?Council?of?the?European?Union,?a?rotating?position?that?the?country?occupies?for?the?first?six?months?of?this?year.

法國總統(tǒng)選舉恰逢法國擔(dān)任歐盟理事會輪值主席國期間，輪值期為今年上半年。

happen to fall? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ????????恰逢……