来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第25集 第25集》

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  Although he did have this idea that the presidency ought to be--
  但他却相信总统的权力应该是
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  especially in these crisis years, with the tremendous
  尤其是在危机时刻 经历过无尽的
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  bitterness, bloody shirt tensions after the Civil War;
  苦难 血仇 内战刚结束 气氛紧张
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  and after all, he's the general
  不论如何 他是
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  that won the war and obliterated Virginia--
  赢得战争的将领 也破坏了弗吉尼亚
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  that the president ought to be now just basically a caretaker,
  而眼下 总统应该只是个管理员
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  ought to have as few opinions as possible;
  观点应该越少越好
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  a caretaker presidency, not so much a leader as a unifier
  管理员型的总统 而不是团结各派的领袖
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  Now his hands-off approach to so many things,
  他对很多事情袖手旁观
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  of course, is what, in part, led to the scandals
  当然 这也是导致丑闻的一个原因
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  that have so long been associated with him,
  那些和他有关联的丑闻
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  or at least with his administration
  至少和他的政府有关联