来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第26集第26集》

as truly national and virtually equal in power,

它们成为真正的大党实力相当
authority, membership to some degree, and so on.

权威还有党派的人数等
It's the Centennial year.

当时正好是美国建国一百周年
It comes in the wake of these tremendous scandals of

格兰特政府也正值第二个任期
the second Grant Administration.

丑闻缠身
The Whiskey Ring wasn't blown open until the second term.

在第二个任期里爆发了"威士忌酒集团"丑闻
Crédit Mobilier wasn't blown open 'till the second term;

动产信贷公司丑闻
the Belknap Scandal not 'till the second term.

贝尔纳普丑闻
The Democrats now, in '76,

1876年的民主党
they're going to portray themselves again--

他们将再次将他们
as they had in '74 but now it's a presidential election--

就像74年做的那样而现在又开始大选了
as the party of reform,

塑造成一个改革型政党