Other metals have suffered a similar clobbering.其它金属价格亦遭受了同样的痛击.A clobbering now would probably make them more likely to turn to an electable candidate in 2008.因此,现在的失败也许将在2008年重新为他们赢回候选席位....

clobbering的音标：...

v.狠揍， （不停）猛打( clobber的现在分词 )，彻底击败...