来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论第5集》

Consider the following example:

思考下这样一个例子
when we say that so and so is

当我们说谁是一个
typically American, or typically Taiwanese for example,

典型的美国人或典型的台湾人时
we mean that that person

我们的意思是这个人
expresses certain traits of character and behavior

表现出的特征和行为
that are broadly representative in some way of the

在某种程度上代表了
cross section of their countrymen.

整个群体
Is this a useful way to think?

这种思考方式有用吗
More specifically, what does it mean to say that an

用单独的某个个体
individual can be seen as magnified in his or her country,

来反映他的整个国家有什么意义
or that one's country is simply

一个国家性格仅仅是
the collective expression of certain

全体国民的某种个人性格的表现