He took a shellacking in the election.

他在选举中惨败了。

Losing the election was a sore disappointment.

竞选失败令人痛心失望。

The election was given ample coverage on TV.

电视上对选举作了广泛的报道。

The election benched him in the district court.

那次选举使他在地方法院获得了席位。

There were high levels of abstention in the election.

那次选举中有许多人弃权。

They are expected to win the election with ease.

预计他们在竞选中能够轻易获胜。

Events since the elections have proved the skeptics right.

选举后的一系列事件证明怀疑派是正确的。

The outcome of the election was in doubt then.

当时大选的结果还看不准。

After the election the new government commenced developing the roads.

选举后新政府开始修建道路。

The candidates are already limbering up for the election campaign.

各候选人已经在为竞选运动热身了。

They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors.

他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。

Just before the election they started cuddling up to the government.

他们就在选举之前开始靠拢政府。

His resignation passed almost unnoticed amid the furor of the elections.

在轰轰烈烈的大选中，他的辞职几乎无人关注。

They won the election but only with a very slender majority.

他们仅以微弱的多数赢得了选举。

The king confirmed that the election would be held on July 20th.

国王批准选举在7月20日举行。

The crowd jeered at the politicians who had failed in the election.

那群人嘲笑落选的政客。

Your vote can be of real significance in the outcome of the election.

你们的投票对于选举的最后结果可能有重大的意义。

The Government wants to put the new reforms in motion before the election.

政府想在大选前启动新的改革。

The politicians who lost the elections will be consigned to the dustbin of history.

落选的政客就要丟进历史的垃圾箱。

They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud.

他们抢在其他日报之前独家发表选举舞弊的消息。