被提名者

In theory, the nominations are to be decided at conventions by delegates elected in last week's primaries. But in practice, political leaders hand-pick many of the delegates and are expected to have a strong if not absolute say over the nominees. 在理論上，候選人提名是由上周初選中所選出的代表來決定。實(shí)際上，政治領(lǐng)袖們親自遴選許多代表，在候選人提名上，即令沒有絕對決定權(quán)，也是極具影響力的。

Those committee members need to ask the hard questions of these nominees and examine their records closely. 委員會的成員必須針對被提名者問一些很嚴(yán)厲的問題，并且仔細(xì)考查他們的記錄。