1·Under Senate rules, because the hold came at the end of a session, Mr Obama will have to renominate Mr Becker formally, which he is expected to do shortly.
根据参议院规则，因为搁置出现在会期即将结束的时侯，奥巴马不得不重新正式提名贝克。预计奥巴马将在短期内提名。
2·A heavy favorite from the start, he was on his way to the state convention that was to renominate him when his light plane crashed in a storm near Westfield, Mass.
他一开始就热门人选，但就在他赶往州大会的路上，他的轻型飞机在靠近马萨诸塞州韦斯特菲尔德处因遭遇风暴而失事，而本次大会上本来要重新提名他参选议员。