That's what was happening in the days leading up to the debate. The race was tightening.

这是辩论举行前几天发生的情况。当时选情很胶。

A close race could increase the importance of the four televised candidate debates.

这场胶的选举让四个候选人的电视辩论变得尤其重要。

Early voting is already under way, but polls show the presidential and parliamentary races are tightening.

提前到来的选举已经打响，选票显示总统选举和议会选举非常胶。

So tight, in fact, that Trudeau's Liberals lost their majority in the legislature.

事实上，选情如此胶，以致特鲁多的自由党失去了在立法机关的多数席位。

The two men have been meeting on and off for weeks, but several sticking points remain.

两人已经断断续续接洽了几周的时间，是仍有一些问题胶不下。

Georgia and North Carolina, for example, are still too close to call. And there may be recounts.

例如，佐治亚州和北卡罗莱纳州选情胶。可能会进行重新计票。

Five people were killed in election-related violence in Ghana. Both presidential and parliamentary races were close.

加纳有5人在与选举有关的暴力中丧生。总统选举和议会选举都非常胶。

But for years, this battlefield was in a stalemate, the front line: right around Aleppo's ancient citadel.

多来, 这个战区一直处于胶状况, 因为战争的最前线就位于阿勒颇的古老城堡附近。

No, please. Continue. - In the depths of the Cold War, my tumbling team was part of a cultural exchange.

别，请讲，继续。 - 在冷战胶时期，我的蹦床队参与了文化交流活动。

This agglutinated them ad agglomerated them.

这使他们胶并凝聚成团。

Al-Abadi selected the generals who took it back and made daily visits to the Baghdad joint command post as the battle for Mosul raged.

阿巴迪不仅亲自挑选了那些最终夺回摩苏尔的将军，还在摩苏尔之战陷入胶之际每天去巴格达联指挥部视察。

The good news is that the foreign exchange and government bond markets are an ugly contest these days, in which few options look attractive.

这些天，外汇和政府债券市场进行了一场胶的竞争，双方都并未成为投资者看好的投资对象，这算的是一个好消息。

I do want to say because, like, even for me, whenever I'm in that situation or wherever the game is close and there is a point, I don't know, three, point four, that moment always comes to mind.

我确实想说， 因为即使对我来说，每当身处那种境地， 或无论比赛多么胶， 当比分来到，我不知道，三分，四分时，那一刻总会浮现在脑海中。