参议院

The highway lobby was represented in the Senate by Knox Nelson, a wily legislator and road contractor himself, who wanted the money but didn't really care how it was raised.

道路修建承包商的游说者在州参议院的代表是诺克斯。

As a special committee of the U.S. Senate reported in 1932, Silver is the measure of their wealth and purchasing power; it serves as a reserve, their bank account.

美参议院1932年一特别委员会的一份报告就说，白银是他们衡量财富和购买力的标准，白银相当于他们的货币储备，他们的银行账号。

More than three years after the crash of 1929, a Senate investigation unveiled one jaw-dropping misbehavior after another.

距1929年股市崩溃3年多以后，美国参议院展开调查，揭开了一个又一个令人错愕的不当行为。

I've had a front-row seat to his candidacy, and I have seen his strength and determination, his grace and his grit.

在他的个人生活中，巴拉克·奥巴马一直在努力实践着美国梦想，他是一个社团的创始人，并在合众国的参议院担任参议员。

At stake in Tuesday's midterm election are all 435 House seats, 33 seats in the Senate and 36 races for governor.

在总共435张议院选票和33张参议院选票中，当前政府只获得了36%的选票。

At stake in Tuesday's midterm election are all 435 House seats, 33 seats in the Senate and 36 races for governor.

在周二的中期选举中，共和党在所有的435个国会议席，33个参议院议席，以及36个州的州长角逐中都亟亟可危。

At stake in Tuesday's midterm election are all 435 House seats, 33 seats in the Senate and 36 races for governor.

在周二举行的中期选举中，共和党在所有的435个国会议席，33个参议院议席，以及36个州的州长角逐中都亟亟可危。

At stake in Tuesday's midterm election are all 435 House seats, 33 seats in the Senate and 36 races for governor. With many Americans frustrated over the Iraq war and disappointed with misbehavior in Washington, Republican control of Congress may be on the line.

在周四的中期选举中，共和党受到威胁的席位包括所有435个众议院席位，33个参议院席位和36名地方官员席位，由于很多美国人已经厌倦了伊拉克战争，并且对于华盛顿的不作为感到失望，共和党对于国会的控制岌岌可危

Obama with a complex political challenge: getting a nominee confirmed in the thick of a midterm election season, when Republicans, fueled by the intensity of their conservative base, are angling to knock him down, and Democrats, despite having lost their 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, are eager to flex their muscles after passing a landmark health care bill.

此时，在保守要义的强烈推动下，共和党正设法击败奥巴马。尽管失去了参议院60票超级多数，民主党在通过了历史性的医疗保健议案之后，非常想显示一下自己的实力。

It also would pay more than three million dollars in damage claims that Mexico owed American citizens. The terms of the treaty were those set by President Polk. Yet he was not satisfied with just California and New Mexico. He wanted even more territory. But he realized he probably would have to fight for it. And he did not think Congress would agree to extend the war.

这份和约的条款是由波尔克总统确定的，但他对仅仅获得加利福尼亚和新墨西哥不满意，他想获得更多的领土，但他意识到，他可能还得通过战争来获得，而且，他认为国会不会同意让战争扩大，所以，波尔克将这份和约送到了参议院。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。