一个官员的任务就是树立榜样。

An officer's job was to set an example.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

政府官员的工资是用丝绸支付的，而农民的赋税用粮食和丝绸支付。

Government officials were paid their salary in silk, and farmers paid their taxes in grain and silk.

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I guess they're elected officials and their voters are not finance theorists and don't think of this in these terms.

我想这是因为他们是当选的官员,而投票的不是金融学家,也就不会用金融术语思考和表达。

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But one thing I've heard, a report I read recently that disturbes me is that the overwhelming majority of the officers are Tadzhiks.

但是我还听到一件事，我看到一篇报道说到,让我有些担心,绝大多数的官员是塔吉克斯坦人。

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Even though decentralized England expands its bureaucracy and collected taxes much more efficiently than across the channel in France, state-making involved more officials there.

即使是在分权的英国 官僚政府也日益扩大,他们比海峡对岸的法国有着更多苛捐杂税,现代国家的形成需要更多的官员

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