But on the more important matter of the Constitution, the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration's effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states.

但在更重要的宪法问题上，政府试图打破联邦政府和各州之间权力的平衡，结果以8比0的失败告终。

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They forecast a humiliating defeat for the president.

他们预言总统蒙受羞辱的一次失败。

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"I would not describe what is going on today as a defeat for Poland," Tusk said.

“我不会把今天发生的事描述为对波兰的失败，”图斯克说。

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The battle at Little Bighorn was a serious defeat for the United States Army.

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He describes for us his own power that somehow manages to survive even a terrifying and humiliating defeat like the one he's just experienced.

他向我们描述了他的力量--在经历了这样一次,可怕的令人羞辱的失败之后,他还是顽强的生存下来了。

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Senator John C.Calhoun said it was a bad defeat for the South.

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His dismissal sparked a collapse which will lead to defeat for England on Tuesday.

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Tory rebels say it is a defeat for a constitutional change few really want.

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The battle involved more than 60 ships and ended in defeat for the Spanish.

BBC: British cannon from Battle of Cape Passaro found off Sicily