Barack Obama secured the comeback he desperately needed in the second presidential debate against Mitt Romney, finishing the night on top after a series of fierce clashes in which the two made no attempt to hide the extent of their personal hostility.
奥巴马迫切需要在与罗姆尼的第二场总统候选人辩论中确保万无一失，经过一系列激烈的冲突他占上风地结束了那一晚，辩论中这两人并没有试图隐藏他们对彼此的敌意。
At one point in the 90-minute debate, watched by tens of millions of Americans, the two squared off, only a few feet apart, talking over one another, jabbing fingers at one another and accusing each other of lying.
90分钟辩论的一分一秒，都被数以百万计的美国人见证着，封闭的两平米、只有几英尺远，他们彼此争锋相对，用手指戳向彼此，指责对方说谎。
Obama needed a big performance after his dismal failure in the first presidential debate in Denver. That 3 October debate was dominated by Romney and started the president's poll slide, leaving the two in a dead heat less than three weeks from election day.
他在丹佛的第一次总统候选人辩论中令人沮丧的失败后，奥巴马需要一场大表现。 10月3日的辩论被罗姆尼主导，并以总统的投票幻灯片开始，在离大选日不到三个星期时留给两人一场死气沉沉的争夺。
Obama will have lifted Democratic morale and may have done enough to slow – or even arrest – the crisis.
奥巴马已经重振了民主党的士气，也许已经做了足够多去缓解甚至解除危机。
It will be several days before the first reliable polls appear but a snap poll by CNN awarded the debate 46% to Obama and 39% to Romney, while CBS put it as 37% Obama to 30% Romney.
第一个可靠的民意调查出来还有几天，但一个由CNN的快速调查给予奥巴马46％的支持率，罗姆尼39％的支持率，而CBS得出的是奥巴马37％，罗姆尼30％。
Obama, listless in Denver, was transformed in the second debate: focused, animated and combative. The president grew in confidence in the later stages of the night, while Romney, confident at the start, began to fade.
奥巴马在丹佛的无精打采在第二场辩论已经转为精力集中、活力十足以及充满斗志。总统已经在晚上后半段信心倍增，而罗姆尼一开始的自信逐渐消退。
The former White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, reinstated to the Obama team as an adviser, said: "The president knew he did not do well two weeks ago. He knew he had to step up his game tonight and Mitt Romney was left looking uncomfortable".
前白宫发言人罗伯特•吉布斯作为顾问重回奥巴马团队，他说：“总统知道两个星期前他没表现好，他知道他必须在今晚的辩论中加紧发力，而米特•罗姆尼被辩得看起来不舒服。”
Republicans countered that nothing the president said will have changed the dynamic of the race.
共和党人反驳说总统不论说什么也不会改变选举的动态。
The two men clashed in the second debate – at Hofstra University, Long Island – over tax, energy, women's rights, immigration and Libya.
两个人在长岛的霍夫斯特拉大学的第二场辩论中激烈争辩，涉及税收、能源、妇女权利、移民和利比亚问题。
Romney and Obama now have a presidential debate victory apiece going into the final one, usually the most watched of the three, in Boca Raton, Florida, on Monday.
罗姆尼和奥巴马现在还有总统辩论的最后一场胜利战，通常是三场辩论中最受瞩目的，周一在佛罗里达州博卡拉顿。