智利亿万富翁皮内拉赢得总统选举_时事要闻

智利亿万富翁皮内拉赢得总统选举

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-01-18 02:39 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera has won Chile's presidential run-off, ending two decades of centre-left rule.

智利保守派、亿万富翁塞巴斯蒂安·皮内拉赢得总统选举，结束了二十多年来的左派统治。

Sebastian Pinera has promised to continue the centre-left's social policies

Social Democrat¹ Eduardo Frei conceded承认，退让 defeat after results from 60% of polling stations投票站 showed Mr Pinera with 52% of the vote to Mr Frei's 48%.

Mr Pinera promised a tough law-and-order programme and vowed² to use his business know-how³ to boost the economy.

Outgoing President Michelle Bachelet was barred by law from standing⁴ again.

Mr Pinera has promised to continue her highly popular social policies.

Chile's last conservative leader was military ruler Gen Augusto Pinochet, who seized power in 1973 and ruled until 1990.

Mr Pinera now becomes Chile's first democratically elected conservative leader for more than half a century.

'Fresh air'

Mr Pinera won 44% of the vote in last month's first round, well ahead of Mr Frei, the governing Social Democrat candidate候选人.

Mr Pinera, 60, made his fortune introducing credit cards to Chile.

He now owns a television channel, a stake in Chile's most successful football club and has millions of dollars in investments.

He has promised to increase investment, fight crime and create one million jobs, the BBC's Candace Piette reports from the capital, Santiago.

He has also promised to cut taxes for small businesses and make government more efficient.

"Better times are coming for Chile. There is a great new phase on the way," Mr Pinera said on Sunday.

"After 20 years I think a change will be good for Chile. It's like opening the windows of your home to let fresh air come in."

It was the second time Mr Pinera had run for the presidency⁵ at the head of a centre-right coalition⁶.

In 2006, he lost to the outgoing Socialist⁷ Ms Bachelet. Under the constitution she could not stand for re-election.

She will leave office in March with a high approval rating as a result of policies to tackle poverty and use Chile's all-important copper⁸ exports to offset抵消，补偿 the effects of the global economic crisis.

Mr Frei, 67, had promised a continuation and deepening of many of her policies.

He had been seeking his second term as president after an absence of 10 years.

Conceding defeat, he said Chile was "much better than the country we received in 1990".

"We will be guardians¹⁰保护人，监护人 of liberty and of all our social victories," he said.

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1 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 know-how
n.知识；技术；诀窍
参考例句：
He hasn't got the know-how to run a farm.他没有经营农场的专业知识。 I don't have much know-how about engines.发动机方面的技术知识我知之甚少。

4 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 presidency
n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句：
Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。 Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

6 coalition
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。 Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

7 socialist
n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的
参考例句：
China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。 His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

8 copper
n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的
参考例句：
The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。 Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

9 offset
n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿
参考例句：
Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。 He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

10 guardians
监护人( guardian的名词复数 )；保护者，维护者
参考例句：
Farmers should be guardians of the countryside. 农民应是乡村的保卫者。 The police are guardians of law and order. 警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。

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