A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
选举
Election
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。
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。
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。
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.
漫画是言论自由容易受到侵蚀的好地方，因为每当选举来临，漫画都是一个自然的目标。
Both sides know the last election was just the beginning of the next election. It's clear there has been no attempt to have any kind of getting along.
双方都知道上次选举只是下一次选举的开始。很明显，他们并没有试图进行任何形式的和睦相处。
I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.
我正在收集我的对手发现我的东西，当这次选举结束时，我将开设一个博物馆，把它们展出。
If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience.
如果说我觉得这是一场艰难的选举，那就是我不能经常看到我年幼的儿子和妻子，但除此之外，对她来说，这也是一次经历。
The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame.
最终的选票代表了顶级候选人、值得考虑入选名人堂的球员、经理、高管和建筑商。
There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.
有很多人在选举中非常努力，他们仍然有组织，他们知道如何挨家挨户敲门，打电话拉票，他们知道如何筹集资金。
It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things change in the direction that our country is headed, you have to stay involved. You cannot quit now.
离下次选举还有很长一段时间，但现在已经开始了。如果你真的想看到事情朝着我们国家的方向改变，你就必须继续参与。你现在不能放弃。
I haven't given up on working... across the aisle on issues and maybe it'll take an election or two for that to fully ferment, maybe it you know sometimes it takes awhile for people to realize what the best path is.
我没有放弃工作……在不同的议题上，也许需要一两次选举才能完全酝酿，也许有时人们需要一段时间才能意识到最好的道路是什么。
Let me tell you the polls that count, and those are the polls a couple of weeks before the election. That's when the pollsters worry about holding onto their credibility. Those are the polls that everybody remembers.
让我告诉你那些重要的民意调查，这些是选举前几周的民意调查。这时，民意测验专家们开始担心他们的可信度。所有人都记得这些民调。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
在我当选之前，年轻的切罗基女孩从来没有想过她们长大后会成为酋长。
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。