政客

They are politicians of the Democratic stripe .

他们是民主党一派的政客。

Yet there is little to indicate that such issues, studiously avoided by savvy politicians, swayed voters at all.

但鲜有迹象表明，这些精明的政客们刻意回避的问题，对选民产生了丝毫作用。

Yet dreams of cross-border politics stumble on the fact that left-right divisions mean different things in different countries.

但政客们的梦想遭遇了一个现实问题，那就是不同国家的左右翼意义大不相同。

Asked about the purpose of ideologies, some politicians cite the importance of impressing journalists, those suggestible traders in second-hand ideas.

问到这些思想意识的目的，一些政客提到了吸引记者的重要性，记者会受他们的影响，做传递他们思想的中介。

But the SEC buffeted by politicians demanding action has taken an idea and supersized it.

但证监会把最初的一种设想过分夸大了——该机构一直饱受政客抨击，要求其采取切实行动。

Increasingly, its victims are politicians: on September 6th, a legislative candidate in Tabasco state was murdered, along with his wife and children.

越来越多的政客们成了暴力的受害者：9月6日，塔巴斯科州的一位立法委员遭到谋杀，一同被杀害的还有他的妻子和孩子们。

New York's governor had appeared briefly on cable television with his wife in the traditional politician-and-spouse tableau.

这位纽约州州长与妻子在有线电视上有短暂露面，正是那种典型的"政客+配偶"的场景。

William Marcy Tweed, also known as "Boss Tweed," is the most famous political boss in New York City's history. Behind closed doors at Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed made illegal deals with gangs and crooked politicians from Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan in the 1860s and 70s. He was eventually exposed when one of his former associates ratted him out to the New York Times because the illegal funds he gave the man were not sufficient.

被称为「 Boss Tweed 」的 William Marcy Tweed 在纽约市的历史中，是一个很重要的政治人物；从1860年到1870年， Boss Tweed 在 Tammany 派的掩护下，与这些黑帮做了许多非法交易，更欺骗了来自布鲁克林、皇后区和曼哈顿的其他政客； Boss Tweed 最终还是被他以前的合作夥伴在纽约时报上抖了出来，因为他嫌 Boss Tweed 付的钱太少了。

He dismisses the opposition's idea of a government of technocrats, saying that this belongs to the 1990s, and is just a cover for string-pulling politicians.

他对反对党提出的技术专家政府的建议不以为意，认为这是上世纪90年代过时的东西，而事实上只是政客们结党营私的托词。

In this, the politicians display not only their own timidity but also the mood of many voters.

这种情况，不仅暴露了政客们自己的胆小，也暴露了许多选民的心态。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。