make inroads#3

　米大統領選挙について，民主党のサンダース氏が，ワシントン・アラスカ州でクリントン氏に勝利しました。サンダース氏はワシントン州では76%，アラスカ州では79%の得票を獲得しました。ただしクリントン氏の優位さは揺らいでおらず，今後もサンダース氏が追いかける状態が続きそうです。
　記事の中で気になった単語は"inroad"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）には「進出, 参入, 食い込み」などという意味がありました。Oxford Dictionaries.comには"An instance of something being encroached on or reduced by something else"と定義されております。また，"make inroads"で「《分野などに》食い込む, 優位に立つ, 進出する」という意味になります（『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂））。（Ume）

US Election 2016: Sanders wins in Washington and Alaska

Mr Sanders is trying to build on overwhelming victories in last Tuesday's caucuses in Idaho and Utah.
However, he suffered defeat in Arizona, and although his delegate haul from the three states was 20 higher than Mrs Clinton, he has failed to make major inroads into her lead.
Mrs Clinton has also been campaigning in Washington state. She told supporters in Everett: "We are on the path to the nomination, and I want Washington to be part of how we get there."
She also focused on this week's deadly attacks in Brussels, condemning Republican rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for their "reckless" foreign policies.
Opinion polls are scarce and tricky in caucus elections - a series of meetings in which voters give their support for candidates with an open show of hands.
However, Mr Sanders has used his appeal with grassroots activists to benefit from the voting system in the past. He has done particularly well among young voters.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35903119

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