on course to 有望
no sign of 没有迹象
its economy continues to hum
hum:蓬勃发展
unprecedented international sanctions
unprecedented：前所未有的
sanction:制裁
change the constitution：改变宪法
overhauling the law：彻底修改了法律
reset the presidential clock：重新设定了总统时钟
potentially:可能
stood down and installed xxx as president
stand down :下台
install as ： 任命
to comply with term limits：以遵守任期期限
comply：遵守
a revised term limit
revised：修改的
he has no need for such a maneuver：做这样的事情
appear on the ballot：出现在选票上
late predecessor：已故前任
is backing xxx：支持xxx
pre-determined：注定
ardent loyalists：最热心的支持者
he should simply rule for life：终身执政
constitution：宪法
conferring an element of legitimacy on xxx
conferring on :赋予
legitimacy:合法性
engineer a “decisive” victory
engineer:策划
decisive:决定性
it presents as a referendum on his popularity at home
presents as :呈现为
referendum:公投
at home:在国内
90%-plus margins：90%以上的优势
autocrats：独裁者
award themselves in “elections”为自己赢得的
stuffing ballot boxes：塞满选票箱
fearful of political upheaval：担心政治动荡
as a known quantity：作为一个已知量
no genuine competitor：真正的
harshly repressing independent opposition
harshly :严厉地
repressing:镇压
opposition:反对派
the most prominent：最突出的
declared：宣称
invasion：入侵
fatal mistake：致命的错误
lined up排队
sign petitions backing xxx
sign petitions:签署请愿书
backing：支持
candidacy：竞选资格
unverified：未曾核实
a protest vote:抗议投票
monitor the election：监督选举
democratic backsliding：民主倒退
cast a xxx re-election as：将...视为
confrontation：对抗
its allies：其盟友
There’s no room for ：没有余地
play down the impact of：淡化了
international sanctions：国际制裁
Wages have soared：工资飙升
These gains are aided by ：得益于
a heavy dose of：大量
reserves：储备
invoked：援引了
imperial sentiment：帝国主义的情绪
present himself as defending xxx’s traditional conservative and xxx values against a “liberal” xxx that’s out to destroy them
present myself as 自称
conservative：保守的
State media exhaustively cover every regional visit he makes
exhaustively:详尽地
cover:报道
regional visit：地区采访
defense factories：国防工厂
sidestep：避开
campaign coverage：活动报道
electoral snub：选举冷落
a foregone conclusion：必然会发生的事情
the campaign lacking dynamism：竞选缺乏活力
at a stalemate：陷入僵局
sow division 制造分裂
spending commitments on defense
国防支出的承诺
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