tossup 掷钱
一半的机会
tossup[ noun ]
an unpredictable phenomenon
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it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose
- West Virginia (6) _ Dukakis gains make it a tossup again.
- New Jersey (16) _ Both sides see a tossup in usually Republican state.
- Republican leaders say it's a tossup whether Bush or Dole will come away with a larger share of the 47 GOP delegates at stake.
- Both have suddenly become quite attentive to Missouri." A month ago, state Nevada Democratic Chairman Beecher Avants said the race was a tossup between Dukakis and Gore.
- Maine - Former Democratic Gov. Joseph Brennan wants his old job back and is challenging his Republican successor, John McKernan. Brennan held an early lead, but the race now is a tossup.
- Dukakis and Bush both arranged to campaign during the day in California, the biggest electoral-vote state and a tossup in all the polls, the Democrat with running mate Lloyd Bentsen at his side.
- Independent polls released Thursday indicate that the Democratic stronghold, once considered firmly in the Dukakis column, has become a tossup with 11 days remaining until Election Day.
- Polls indicate the race is a tossup.
- California, where Bush spent Sunday seeking the nation's biggest electoral prize of 47 votes, was considered a tossup in the final weekend before Election Day in the GOP campaign's own polls, Bush aides said.
- Another state Dukakis counted on winning, but now a tossup which drew a hastily arranged Bush visit two Sundays before Election Day.
- Dukakis enjoys a substantial lead over Bush in most national polls, but pollsters rate Colorado as a tossup.
- Other senators, however, believe Sen. Cranston is exaggerating the numbers, and that the nomination is still a tossup.