联邦制意味着数个政治机构，各自有自己的权力。

Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.

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最早的联邦鸭票是由J.N.“丁”·达林设计的，他是爱荷华州得梅因市的一位政治漫画家，当时被富兰克林·罗斯福总统任命为生物调查局局长。

The very first Federal Duck Stamp was designed by J.N. "Ding" Darling, a political cartoonist from Des Moines, Iowa, who at that time was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as Director of the Bureau of Biological Survey.

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But this decentralized federalist structure is part of who they thought they were and who they continue to think they are.

这种联邦制分权的政治架构,是他们对自己现在及将来身份的认知

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