The Senate likes to think of itself as the world's greatest deliberative body.

参议院总是喜欢把自己当成世界上最伟大的审议机构。

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Two members of a deliberative body with opposing opinions on a given issue who agree to abstain from voting on the issue, thereby offsetting each other.

两个对立的议员：对所给问题有相反意见的两个审议团议员，双方都同意对此问题弃权，因此互相抵销。

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And politics in the world's greatest deliberative body may not be any prettier than it was 119 years ago.

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