Exit polls showed on Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chrisitian Democratic Union(CDU) won North Rhine-Westphalia state election.
周天的民意调查显示，德国总理默克尔所在的基督教民主联盟获北莱茵-威斯特法伦州选举胜利。
According to initial projections made by German local media ZDF and ARD, CDU secures 34.3 to 34.4 percent of the votes while the Social Democratic Party(SPD) lag behind, getting 30.6 percent of the votes.
Free Democratic Party (FDP) gets 11.9 to 12.2 percent and the right-wing Alternative for Germany(AFD) receives 7.6 to 7.7 percent. The Greens follows with 6.0 percent and the Left Party with 5.0 percent.
Sunday's vote was the last state election before the federal election set for Sept. 24, and was widely seen as a vital pre-duel between Merkel's CDU and ex-President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz's SPD.
The result could greatly boost the morale of CDU in the national election, since it has scored success in three state elections this year, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia.
相关单词：chancellor
chancellor解释：n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长
chancellor例句：
They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
相关单词：projections
projections解释：预测( projection的名词复数 )； 投影； 投掷； 突起物
projections例句：
Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。
相关单词：morale
morale解释：n.道德准则，士气，斗志
morale例句：
The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
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