He was happy for his MPs to play the expenses system until their actions threatened to pollute his preferred image of a "modern" Conservative party.

直到议员们的行为威胁败坏到他被喜爱的“现代”保守党的形象之前，他还在为他的议员系统的发挥支出而高兴。

youdao

Happy \ images - for the image files.

Happy \ images—用于图像文件。

youdao

No-one seemed to be able to get through to him - he is obviously a much more complex character than the happy, smiley image.

是的，邓加耐心的等待了那个可怜的球员，那个随意挥霍自己天赋的罗纳尔迪尼奥3年。 可是没有人能真正了解他——显然他比他那个洋溢着幸福微笑的形象要复杂得多。

youdao

Having been happy enough to win power on the changes of policy and image he helped to fashion, New Labour should take no pride in refusing to acknowledge its debt.

ECONOMIST: The meaning of Mandelson