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1.a majority of 大多数的
Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine.
议员以99张的多数票批准了这项动议。
2.set out 出发；开始
We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
3.local elections 地方选举
There has been a busy start to polling in today's local elections.
今天地方选举的投票一开始就人头攒动。
4.general election 大选；普选
The call for a boycott could be enough to seal the fate of next week's general election.
抵制选举的呼吁足以注定下周大选失败的命运。
5.British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing widespread pressure to give up power, but can her lawmakers force her from office?
give up power 放弃权力
The political barriers are too high-politicians don't like to give up power.
政治壁垒太高了――政客们不愿放弃权力。
The reactionary classes never give up power voluntarily.
反动阶级从来不会自动放弃政权。
6.Without an official method to remove May that does not risk a general election, Conservatives are looking at other ways to put pressure on her.
put pressure on 向...施加压力
He may have put pressure on her to agree.
他可能向她施加了压力，迫使她同意。
They put pressure on the Government to change its intransigent stance.
他们向政府施压以迫使其改变不妥协的立场。
