They initiated an election campaign.

他们发动了竞选活动。

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His trip up the Mall officially kicked off an election campaign that will end with the general election on May 6th.

布朗此次拜访的目的是正式宣布开始竞选，大选将会在今年5月6日举行。

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Amid the hubbub of an American election campaign, the loudest voices discussing Iraq are rarely the most constructive.

在美国选举活动的喧闹声中，在讨论伊拉克时声音最大的，很少是最有建设性的。

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"I know it's an election year. And after last week, it's clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual.

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But a few months before the election, a labor dispute exploded into an important campaign issue.

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"There's a lot of heat in an election campaign but we move on, " he said.

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Often the most useful money is spent before an election campaign is formally declared.

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Mr Putin was studiously vague about policy during what passed for an election campaign.

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