For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university's budget.

例如，当科罗拉多大学董事会在物色一位新校长时，想要的是一位熟悉州政府事务的领导，因为州政府是该校预算的主要来源。

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And it suited Britain and France to have a new, neutral state rather than a source of instability that might, so soon after the Napoleonic wars, set off more turbulence in Europe.

也符合了拿破仑战争刚刚结束后英法两国关于建立一个崭新而中立的国家，而非一个引发欧洲动荡的不稳定源头的想法。

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Since these are a vital source of state financing, more transparent accounting will in effect become compulsory if the law passes.

这些地方债券是州财政收入的重要来源，因此如果法案通过，更为透明的会计准则将事实上成为强制性要求。

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