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》

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  based largely on the fact that he had gone--
  因为他曾经做过的事情
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  as the governor of New York--he had gone after Boss Tweed,
  在任纽约州长期间 抓获了特威德老大
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  who ran the boss system of New York City,
  他是纽约市政霸集团的头目
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  and as the press always put it, he bagged him, he got him,
  正如媒体上说道的 他被抓住了
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  He found him--he got him on charges.
  他因侵吞公款而被捕
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  They were able to prosecute against Boss Tweed.
  他们能够检举特威德老板
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  So Tilden cleaned up New York, they said, to some degree.
  蒂尔登在一定程度上整肃了纽约
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  Now the Republicans, on the other hand,
  现在共和党 另一方面
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  now needed a new face,
  需要一个新形象
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  somebody untainted by the Grant Administration,
  一个在格兰特政府中出淤泥而不染
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  and somebody who had some distance from Reconstruction.
  而且跟重建没什么瓜葛的人
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  But it was still terribly important to run a veteran.
  非常重要的是 曾是一个退役军人