A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
立法
Legislative
This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.
这一法案在立法上相当于漏洞。它会产生短期高点，但会对系统造成长期损害，而且启动成本很高。
By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.
通过完善这一立法机制和参加各项国际协定，我们打算为世界贸易的健康发展作出贡献。
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
经济萧条不能通过立法行动或行政声明来治愈。经济创伤必须通过经济主体的细胞- -生产者和消费者本身- -的行动来愈合。
There is an increasingly pervasive sense not only of failure, but of futility. The legislative process has become a cruel shell game and the service system has become a bureaucratic maze, inefficient, incomprehensible, and inaccessible.
不仅失败的感觉越来越普遍，而且徒劳无益的感觉也越来越普遍。立法过程变成了一场残酷的空壳游戏，服务体系变成了官僚主义的迷宫，效率低下，令人费解，难以进入。