A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
选举
Election
I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker.
我是决策者;我是议员。
This election ain't no stinkin' TV show.
这次选举可不是什么恶心的电视节目。
People are what this election is all about.
人民就是这次选举的全部。
Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
无论输赢,我们都在选举后去购物。
I didn't have the base I needed to win the election.
我没有赢得选举所需要的基础。
I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.
我是由布加勒斯特人民选举出来的,而不是狗。
Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.
选举之夜是最容易表现得像个大人的时候。
Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.
不管有没有选举,国会都不能休假一年。
Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.
从来没有人通过向政敌吐口水来赢得选举。
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
坏官员是由不投票的好公民选出来的。
So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.
所以对我们来说,我们在选举中获得的任何一票,都是一场胜利。
I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election.
我被选为国会议员的方式和每次议会选举一样。
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I don't think it's really good once you've lost an election to sit around, watch your former opponent, and swipe at them.
我认为,一旦你在选举中失败了,坐在那里看你以前的对手,然后抨击他们,这并不是一件好事。
The election isn't very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.
当一个候选人隔着马路就能认出你时,选举就不远了。
People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.
人们在选举中没有投左票或右票。他们投票赞成结束所有原始的政治史。
People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
人们知道我是一个很好的作家。但他们更愿意阅读我对下次选举的看法。
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
选举是一种道德上的恐怖,除了流血之外,它和战争一样糟糕;为每一个与之有关的灵魂洗个泥浴。