美国东部时间周一下午，加利福尼亚州选举人团确认民主党总统候选人拜登胜选，至此，拜登已取得胜选所需的270张选举人票。请看本报昨日的报道：

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has passed the 270-vote threshold and officially clinched the White House after electors of the Electoral College met to cast their ballots.

In Georgia, a state Biden was able to flip in 2020, former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams took the roll call of electors and announced that the state had cast its electoral votes for him.

As more members of the Electoral College cast their votes around the country, the drama-free proceedings resembled previous elections in which the results were a foregone conclusion.

报道中的flip在这里是“让人们转变立场支持另一个党派”的意思。Flip这个词基本的意思是“翻转”还可以是“翻新房屋再出手卖掉”，例如：

The Democrats are expected to flip at least two Republican-held congressional districts in Texas.

预计民主党人能在德克萨斯州让两个议会选区“翻蓝”。

I am going to take three weeks’ vacation and flip this house.

我打算休假三周翻新这座房屋再卖掉。