power be rotated 政权交替
ballot 投票
insurgent candidate 新的候选人
implication be hard to exaggerate 难以描述
have reverberation 有反响
chances sink on 机会渺茫
standard-bearer 领袖
withdraw from the race 出局
pool 名义调查
sap vitality 削弱活力
malaise 顽疾
vim 活力
jangle nerves 刺激神经，紧张
cultural rift 文化裂缝
throw bum out 票出去
stanch the flow to trickle 使急流缓慢
mosques 清真寺
staunchly 坚定的
have short on 缺少
publish a manifesto 宣言
pitch himself as 贴上标签
beleaguer 包围
trim 削减（修剪）
