Yet if the election were held today, the polls say he would lose.

然而，如果今天进行选举的话，民调显示，他定会输掉。

He is certain to have been spooked by the findings of an internal Liberal Democratic party survey, reported in the Nikkei business newspaper, predicting the party would lose an election now.

东京商报报道，他这么做肯定是因为被自民党内部调查的结论吓坏了，这份调查预计如果现在举行大选，自民党将会落败。

The latest polls suggest that he will lose next spring’s election to his most likely opponent by a whopping 18 points.

最新的调差显示，由于低处对手惊人的18个百分点，他将会在明年春季的选举中落败。

Ross would be gone. Barak would lose the upcoming election to Sharon.

我将卸任，罗斯也将卸任，巴拉克在即将举行的大选中会输给沙龙。

The rising possibility that Mr Sarkozy will lose the presidential election in France in 2012 is also a good omen for Turkey.

而萨科奇将在2012年法国大选中败北的可能性正逐步增大，这对土耳其来说也是好的预兆。

For his part, Mr Olmert's admission that a two-state map would be based broadly on the 1967 one would lose him a chunk of his fragile coalition and maybe an election if one were forced.

而对于奥尔默特来说，一旦他承认大部分以1967年的边界为基础的两国版图，便可能失去本已脆弱的联盟中大部分的支持，而且被迫举行大选。

They want a fresh face to contest the election; but even if they get one the party is almost certain to lose its post-war near-monopoly on power.

他们需要一个崭新的面孔来参与竞选；但即便找到这样一个人，自民党几乎无疑会丢失战后近乎垄断的权力。

That probably means the election is Mr Obama's to lose.

这可能意味着选举议员奥巴马的失败。

In some ways, this may turn out to be an election that it is better to lose than to win.

对于这场选举，从某种意义上说，也许失败才是万幸。

In December 2012 he faces a presidential election which opinion polls suggest he might lose.

民调显示他很可能在2012年12月的选举中落败。

The purpose was twofold: to spite Mr Yushchenko, who is almost certain to lose the election anyway, and to send a signal to his successor.

尤先科几乎肯定将落败大选，因此梅德韦杰夫的这封信有着2个意图：一是为了刁难尤先科，二是给他的继任者一个信号。

Few of his ministers are saying, even in private, that they expect him to lose the next election.

即使在私下，他的大臣们几乎没人说他们预料他在下一次选举中会失败。

Asian investors lose billions over U. S. election.

亚洲投资人因美国大选损失数十亿。

Miss Megawati has been on a meet-the-people comeback tour since early 2008 and has benefited from discontent over rising living costs. Yet the election is Mr Yudhoyono's to lose.

而梅加瓦蒂夫人则从二零零八年年初开始就不断与各方重要人士举行会面，借此回归权力舞台，并且，当前民众对不断攀升的物价水平产生的不满情绪也让她受益不少。

Shortlists for job interviews election ballot papers lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.

最后被挑选的工作候选人，选举投票的纸张，演讲人和出席者的名单，都倾向于按照字母表顺序来写，而他们的接受者在他们游览的过程中会逐渐失去兴趣。

When it was clear that he would lose the election, he conceded defeat.

他明白自己在选举中大势已去，于是承认失败。

No. If playing his dirty game is the only way of winning an election I'd rather lose.

不行。如果像他那样玩弄卑鄙的手段是赢得选举胜利的唯一方法的话，我宁愿输掉选举。

After 12 years of Mr Chirac, this was the Socialist Party's election to lose.

希拉克先生当家的12年之后，社会党丢掉了选举。

If Mr Cowen fails on any of these, the knock to international confidence in Ireland's recovery would be serious-and there could well be a general election that his Fianna fail party would lose.

如果考恩先生在任意一项上铩羽而归，那将会严重影响国际社会对爱尔兰经济恢复的信心——他的共和党也将在随后可能的大选中失利。

Sometimess you lose an argument. Sometimes you lose an election.

有时你输掉的是一场辩论，有时你则输掉一场选举。

They could also be forced into an election if they lose a majority of lawmakers in the Commons.

如果他们失去了在下院的多数之后，也可能被进行选举。

Is Election 2012 the GOP's to lose? What Obama could do.

2012年大选共和党会输吗？奥巴马该如何做？

So win or lose in this election, that was always our mission.

所以，不管这场选举是赢是输，这一直是我们的使命。

This has become a strange phenomenon in U. S. election, usually; few candidates are far more ahead in opinion polls, but lose in an election at last.

这也成为了美国选举中一个十分奇特的现象，少数族裔候选人往往在民意调查中遥遥领先，最后却难逃落选的结局。

So win or lose in this election, that was always our mission.

因此，不论赢得这场选举还是落败，这始终是我们的使命。