拜登宣布参选美国总统民主党内已有19个竞争对手_BEC初级作文

拜登宣布参选美国总统民主党内已有19个竞争对手

美国前副总统乔·拜登25日宣布将竞选下届美国总统。至此，已有20名民主党人宣布将参加2020年总统选举。拜登表示，“我们正在为国家的灵魂而战”。

Former US Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday formally announced his entry into the race for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination for the 2020 election.

美国前副总统乔·拜登25日正式宣布将加入民主党总统竞选人阵营。

He made his announcement in a video posted on Twitter.

他在推特上发布的一段视频中宣布了这一决定。

“We are in the battle for the soul of this nation,” Biden said in the video released online, calling on voters to deny Republican US President Donald Trump a second term in office.

拜登在视频中说：“我们正在为国家的灵魂而战。”他呼吁选民不要让特朗普成功连任。

In the video announcement, Mr Biden argued that the "core values of the nation... our very democracy, everything that has made America America, is at stake".

在这段视频声明中，拜登称“美国的核心价值观、民主，以及让美国之所以为美国的一切，正岌岌可危。”

at stake：处于危险之中，在紧要关头

"If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation — who we are. And I cannot stand by and watch that happen."