Exit polls suggest that Israel’s governing coalition has lost ground in a general election that’d seen an unusually high turnout across the country. The polls indicate return to power for the right-wing alliance led by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but with a substantially reduced majority. They show an unexpected surge of support for the new centrist party Yesh Atid led by a former television presenter Yair Lapid. Kevin Connolly reports from Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv.

　　选举投票后民意测验表明以色列的执政联盟已失去了普选中的优势，当时他们在全国获得了异乎寻常的高投票率。但是，目前的民意测验暗示由总理内塔尼亚胡领导的想要再次执政的右翼联盟已实质上失去了多数人的支持。出人意料地，伊朗人民纷纷支持由前电视主持人Yair Lapid领导的新中间党Yesh Atid。Kevin Connolly在特拉维夫市内塔尼亚胡的利库德集团总部发回报道。

　　As news of the television exit polls flashed on the giant screen at Likud headquarters, partying activists cheered and celebrated it. It was more relief than real jubilation. The polls suggest that the combined list led by Mr. Netanyahu has lost 1/4 of its seats. But that should still leave him in the position to form a coalition. At one point the headquarters was crackling with rumors that he’d done even worse. Parties of left and right both picked up seats. The result of the picture is of a fragmented parliament. The likely outcome, Mr. Netanyahu, a great survivor, has survived again.

　　当利库德集团总部的巨大屏幕上闪现民意测验的电视报道时，党派活动家们欢呼雀跃，为此庆祝。与其说是真正的庆祝，不如说是种解脱、放松。测验结果表明由内塔尼亚胡先生领导的联盟在国会中已经失去1/4的席位。但是，他仍然有能力再成立一个新联盟。在这座总部大厦里曾经谣言四起，说他过去的表现太糟糕了。左右两党纷纷获得了席位。最后的局面就是一个支离破碎的国会。很可能结局就是，内塔尼亚胡先生，一个伟大的幸存者，再一次幸存下来。