【卫报】肯尼亚最高法院宣布：乌呼鲁•肯雅塔当选总统的结果无效

Uhuru Kenyatta won a second term as president with 54% of the vote but the result has now been annulled.

乌呼鲁·肯雅塔（Uhuru Kenyatta）赢得第二轮总统选举54%的投票，但是这个结果现在被裁定为无效。

annul [əˈnʌl]取消，宣告无效

英英释义：declare invalid

例句：

1.Do you know how hard it is to get an interfaith marriage annulled?

知道取消婚约是多么的难吗?

2.Snowden arrived in Moscow Sunday. Meanwhile, the U.S. says it’s annulled Snowden’s passport. 【AP News】

斯诺登在周抵达莫斯科。同时，美国称已吊销其护照。

Kenya’s supreme court has declared Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in presidential elections last month invalid and ordered a new poll within 60 days.

肯尼亚最高法院宣布上个月乌呼鲁·肯雅塔（Uhuru Kenyatta）总统选举的结果是无效的，下令60天内进行新的投票。

poll[pəʊl]投票，民意测验

英英释义：an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.

例句：The election observers,however, describe the poll as free and fair. 【BBCNews】

然而选举观察家称选举自由公平。

The decision to nullify the result, a first in Kenya, risks plunging the country into political chaos and sets up a new race for the presidency between Kenyatta and the veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga.

投票结果无效的决定，在肯尼亚是第一次出现，使整个国家陷入政治混乱，在肯雅塔（Kenyatta）和资深反对党领袖拉伊拉·奥廷加（Raila Odinga）之间建立新的总统竞选规则。

nullify[ˈnʌlɪfaɪ]使无效，作废，取消

英英释义：declare invalid

例句：that it is going to nullify the Korean War armistice on Monday. 【CRI News】

朝鲜军方表示决定在下周一起不承认《朝鲜停战协定》。

The six-judge bench ruled 4-2 in favour of a petition filed by Odinga, who claimed the electronic voting results were hacked into and manipulated in favour of the incumbent. Kenyatta had  won a second term with 54% ofthe vote.

六个法官以4：2投票支持奥廷加（Raila Odinga）的申请，他声称电子投票结果被黑客入侵和操纵，支持现任总统。肯雅塔（Kenyatta）获得了第二轮选举的54%选票。

in favour of支持，赞成

英英释义：favoring a proposition,opinion, etc.

例句：The Italian parliament voted in favour of civil unions for gay couples. 【经济学人】

意大利议会投票支持同性婚姻合法。

They condemned their government for rejecting closer ties with EU in favour of Russia. 【BBC News】

他们谴责政府为了俄罗斯放弃与欧盟更亲密的关系。

East Africa’s biggest economy has a history of disputed elections and political violence.

东非最大的经济体有一个争议的选举和政治暴力的历史。

disputed[dɪsp'ju:tɪd]有争议的

英英释义：subject to disagreement and debate

例句：But the two countries also have a disputed boarder in the Himalayas.

但两国在喜马拉雅山边境也存在争议。

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