Question

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原句中的“a sign of a splintered and increasingly fractious field”是什么意思。
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney beat former senator Rick Santor­um (Pa.) in the Iowa caucuses by just eight votes, a sign of a splintered and increasingly fractious field as the GOP presidential race moves to New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida

Answer 1

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney beat former senator Rick Santor­um (Pa.) in the Iowa caucuses by just eight votes,
马萨诸塞州前州长米特·罗姆尼在爱荷华州共和党党团会议中，以八票领先前宾夕法尼亚州参议员里克·桑托罗姆而胜出。
a sign of a splintered and increasingly fractious field as the GOP presidential race moves to New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.
这似乎预示着，随着共和党总统大选转战新罕布什尔州、南卡罗来纳州和佛罗里达州，大选局势将愈加焦灼，候选人之间愈加剑拔弩张，针锋相对。----康康校译（谢谢康康）
former Massachusetts governor 马萨诸塞州前州长
Mitt Romney 米特·罗姆尼
former senator 前参议员
Rick Santor­um 里克·桑托罗姆
Pa. 宾夕法尼亚州
Iowa caucuses 爱荷华州共和党党团会议
GOP Grand Old Party (the Republican Party in the US) 大老党（美国共和党）
presidential race 总统大选
New Hampshire 新罕布什尔州
South Carolina 南卡罗来纳州
Florida 佛罗里达州
From 康康：
splinter /spl'ɪntər/
[VERB]
If something splinters or is splintered, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces.
The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces...
The stone rocketed into the glass, splintering it.
frac|tious /fr'ækʃəs/
[ADJ]
If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.
Nancy was in a fractious mood...
splintered 针锋相对
fractious 剑拔弩张

Answer 2

这里 splintered 和 fractious 有大概系统意思：分裂化，派系化
大致意思是 Romney 以仅仅 8 票击败Santor­um显示这个角逐的日益分裂化和派系化。

Answer 3

等会吧