总统否决了议案，而参议院因一票之差未能推翻他的否决。
The president vetoed the bill, and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto.
巴西民众沮丧地期待着一个连总统都承认将会是阴郁而沉闷的新年。
Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.
学生们应当说出美国第13任总统的名字，而面对一根断裂的自行车链条时却不知所措，这是什么时候形成的共识？
When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United Sates but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain?
总统说他不会因受恐怖分子的威胁而答应他们的要求。
The President said he wouldn't be blackmailed into agreeing to the terrorists' demands.
最近，已故的肯尼迪总统因为不戴帽子而导致了美国帽子行业大萧条，因为有很多美国人效仿他不戴帽子。
In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his example.
这意味着，千禧一代更喜欢通过其他来源筛选来自白宫的新闻，而不是总统的社交媒体平台。
The implication is that Millennials prefer news from the White House to be filtered through other sources, not a president's social media platform.
在这场漫长而紧张的选举中，每个人都在关注总统候选人，关注他们将如何改变美国。
Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they'll change America.
这位总统洋洋得意地宣称，这批飞机是从“香格里拉”起飞的，而“香格里拉”是一个虚构的喜马拉雅山中的世外桃源。
The President announced, with obvious relish, that the planes took off from "Shangri-la", the fictional, remote retreat in the Himalayas.
陷于困境的保险业巨头AIG发放数以百万计的奖金，这一行径遭到了舆论的强烈反对，奥巴马总统的政治蜜月期因此而濒于突然结束的危险。
President Barack Obama's political honeymoon is in danger of being brought to an abrupt end following a backlash against millions in bonuses being paid out by the ailing insurance giant AIG.
陷于困境的保险业巨头AIG发放数以百万计的奖金，这一行径遭到了舆论的强烈反对，奥巴马总统的政治蜜月期因此而濒于突然结束的危险。
President Barack Obama's political honeymoon is in danger of being brought to an abrupt end following a backlash against millions in bonuses being paid out by the ailing insurance giant AIG.
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