最好的例子可能就是美国的所谓“超级委员会”。

Perhaps the best example of this is the so-called “super committee” in the United States.

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许多人为国会“超级委员会”没能就预算达成协议而扼腕叹息。

Many people are lamenting the failure of the Congressional "Super Committee" to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce the runaway federal deficits.

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读者诸君请想象要是根本没有超级委员会这回事的话，将会发生什么。

Imagine that there had been no Super Committee in the first place.

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