And for more than two centuries, it's remained at the core of our national character.

两百多年以来，移民仍是美国的核心。

But the sense of purpose of the original Pilgrims left a permanent imprint on the national character.

但是原始清教徒的使命感在民族特性上留下了深刻的烙印。

And as waves of immigrants have arrived in the U.S., the national character has evolved. It's changed.

随着大量的移民抵达美国，美国的国民性也开始了演变过程。国民性发生了变化。

Has the century of science and money-making sensibly affected the national character?

科学和赚钱的世纪是否明显地影响了国民性格？

Opposition to British policy, hitherto local and spasmodic, now took on a national character.

对英国政策的反对，迄今为止是地方性的和间歇​​性的，现在具有了全国性的性质。

The question of women's status became central to the debate on China's modernization and the national character.

妇女地位问题成为关于中国现代化和民族性格的辩论的核心。

Perhaps this idea of the national character might be correct for New York or Chicago; it was not correct for Washington.

也许这种民族性格的想法对纽约或芝加哥来说可能是正确的； 这对华盛顿来说是不正确的。

A substantial wrong has thus been done which I due regard for our national character as well as the rights of the injured people requires we should endeavor to repair.

因此，我们已经犯下了重大错误，而我出于对我们的民族特性以及受害人民权利的应有考虑，我们必须努力弥补这一重大错误。

Fortunately, there are 8 bits in a byte, not 7, and it soon became popular to use codes 128 through 255, previously unused, for " national" characters.

幸运的是，一个字节有 8 位，而不是 7 位，并且很快就流行使用以前未使用的代码 128 到 255 来表示“国家”字符。

Then in a long and impassioned proclamation to the people of South Carolina he pointed out the national character of the union, and announced his solemn resolve to preserve it by all constitutional means.

然后，他在向南卡罗来纳州人民发表的一份冗长而慷慨激昂的宣言中指出了联邦的民族性质，并宣布了他以一切宪法手段维护联邦的庄严决心。

The weather is a constant topic of daily conversation for the Britons and it is believed that the changeability of weather is a conditioning factor of the national character that has helped the British become more adaptable.

天气是英国人日常谈话中不变的话题，人们认为天气的多变是国民性格的一个调节因素，帮助英国人变得更具适应性。

In fact, his greatest success was the portrait of Oblomov in the novel of that name, which was at once recognised as a peculiarly national character — a man of thirty-two years, careless, bored, untidy, lazy, but gentle and good-natured.

事实上，他最大的成功是奥勃洛莫夫在同名小说中的形象，他立即被认为是一个特殊的民族性格——一个 32 岁的男人，粗心、无聊、不整洁、懒惰，但温柔善良——性质。

Often this eccentricity bore all the marks of strength; perhaps it was actual exuberance of force, a birthmark of genius. Boston thought so. The Bostonian called it national character — native vigor — robustness — honesty — courage. He respected and feared it.

这种怪癖往往带有所有力量的痕迹。也许这就是真正的力量充沛，天才的胎记。波士顿是这么想的。波士顿人称之为民族性格——天生的活力——健壮——诚实——勇气。他敬畏它。