Yesterday, the Senate passed the nuclear option.

昨天, 参议院通过了核选项。

We still have the nuclear option.

我们还可以选择核弹。

This is a nuclear option. It's never actually happened before.

这是一个核选项。此前从未发生过这种事。

In Congress, the so called nuclear option doesn't refer to weapons.

在国会, 所谓的核选项并不是指武器。

This is your nuclear option if you find yourself alone with a bully who won't stop tormenting you.

如果你发现自己独自面对一个不停折磨你的恶霸，这是你的核心选择。

When that power shift happens, senators from that party will get to experience the other side of this nuclear option rule.

当权力转移发生时, 一方党派的参议员会经历对方的核选项规则。

So it's sort of a nuclear option. I don't think it's likely to happen, but it is now on the table.

所以这类似于核选项。我认为这不太可能发生，不过现在这个问题已经放上谈判桌了。

And then, there's the nuclear option.

然后是核选项。

The controversial nuclear option lowers that number to 51, a simple majority.

有争议的核选项将这个数字降低到 51，即简单多数。

Our April 5th show defined terms like filibuster and the nuclear option.

我们的 4 月 5 日展示了定义的术语，例如阻挠议事和核选项。

Some sort of nuclear option is what we're talking about here.

我们在这里谈论的是某种核选择。

I thought we'd decided that that was a nuclear option.

我以为这是个核选项{\an8}核选项：强行将一个议案越过阻挠议事直接付诸表决 带有极大的政治风险。

It's known as the nuclear option and it makes it easier for a majority party to overcome a filibuster.

它被称为核选项，它使多数党更容易克服阻挠议事。

So if the board took the nuclear option, then shareholders could lose a lot more than 12% of their holdings.

因此， 如果董事会采取核选项，那么股东损失的股份可能远超 12%。

And in the back and forth between the political parties, both a filibuster and the nuclear option came into play yesterday.

在政党之间的来回较量中，阻挠议事和核选项都在昨天发挥了作用。

In 2013, Harry Reid, after months and months of threatening to deploy the nuclear option actually did it.

2013 年，哈里·里德 (Harry Reid) 在数月威胁要部署核选项后实际上做到了。

What's interesting about the filibuster and the nuclear option is that neither of them is actually mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.

阻挠议事和核选项的有趣之处在于，它们都没有在美国宪法中实际提及。

The one thing to know about the nuclear option is you may not understand it, but it does really matter.

关于核选项需要知道的一件事是你可能不理解它，但它确实很重要。

The dangers of the nuclear option—one of the partners pulling out of the coalition, triggering a Conservative minority government followed by a new election are a robust deterrent.

联合政府的任意一方退出，将使得保守党以劣势参加本次大选，其后果不堪设想。因此双方都有效地得到遏制，不作退出。

But if you use the nuclear option, you take that 60-vote margin and take it down to a majority 51-vote threshold.

但如果你使用核选项，你将把 60 票的优势降低到 51 票的多数门槛。