美国参议院

" Honest Abe," as he was endearingly called,lost the Senate race,but two years later was elected the first Republican president of the United States.

被亲昵地称之为"诚实的埃布"的林肯在参议院选举中失败，但两年之后，却当选为美国第一位共和党总统。

Beyond those feckless, flouncing crowds, in the wider world he surveyed as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he blocked aid from going down "foreign rat holes" and resisted for years paying money that was owed to the United Nations.

在关心这些挣扎的、不负责任的群体之外，在更加宽阔的领域内，他作为参议院对外关系委员会的主席，他阻止继续为那些"外国的鼠洞"继续提供援助3并且数年以来来反对向那些欠美国钱的国家付款。

Pessimists point to the frontiersman belligerence of both Russia and Canada, and the continued refusal of the US to ratify Unclos, even though President George W.

悲观论者指出，俄罗斯和加拿大边境居民戾气正盛；美国迟迟不承认《联合国海洋法公约》，即使布什总统已敦促参议院予以批准。

George McGovern was a genuine war hero, sent to the Senate by the conservatives of rural South Dakota, who was turned into a spineless, wild-eyed leftist who wouldn't stand up for America but would tax and spend it into oblivion.

乔治。麦戈文是一个真正的战争英雄，得到南达科他乡村地区的保守派的支持进入了参议院，结果却被说成一个缺少勇气、行为过激的左倾分子，说他没有代表美国人的利益，只会到处征税，还不知道把钱花到什么地方去了。

Gress consists of the House of Representatives and Senate.

美国国会由众议院与参议院构成。

To simplify a gruesomely complex process: if House Democrats approve a health bill the Senate passed last year, America will have something close to universal health insurance.

简化复杂的可怕的流程：如果民主党在众议院通过去年参议院通过的医疗议案，美国人将会得到一个几乎覆盖全民的医保体系。

The Congress of the United States has two House of Representatives.

美国国会中有两个议院：参议院和众议院。

The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives .

国会美国的立法机构，包括参议院和众议院

Congress: The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

国会： 美国的立法机构，包括参议院和众议院

In nearly 50 years in the Senate, Kennedy, a liberal Democrat, served alongside 10 presidents, his brother John Fitzgerald Kennedy among them.

在参议院任职的将近50年时间里，这位民主党自由派人士曾为10位美国总统效力，其中包括他的哥哥约翰。

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。