It used to be that government officials were all picked by political patronage and they, very often, were incompetent.

过去政府官员,通常都是走后门进来的,他们经常都是不称职的。

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She tried to get past him, and he tried to let her, but they were both moving the same way each time.

他们互相都想，让对方过去。

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But that's a beautiful example; they thought they had taken their polis with them, because they have had moved the entire city there.

但那是个很好的例子,他们认为他们带去了他们的城邦,因为他们将整个城市都搬过去了

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