The political machine is ready to run ads, knock on doors and make phone calls to pressure Senators.

这台政治机器已经准备好投放广告、挨家挨户敲门以及打电话多管齐下向参议员施压。

They were wrong. Chester Arthur surprised everyone. He broke all his ties with the Conkling political machine. He remained independent of any party group.

但他们错了。切斯特·亚瑟让所有人都感到惊讶。他断绝了与康克林掌控的政治机器的一切联系，仍然独立于任何政党团体。

A second line of attack on the political machines was made in connection with the ballot.

——对政治机器的第二道攻击是与选票有关的。

And he had political ties to the New York political machine. But worst of all, in the eyes of many Americans, Al Smith was a Roman Catholic.

他与纽约政府有着政治联系。但最糟糕的是，在许多美国人眼中，艾尔·史密斯是罗马天主教徒。

Fewer new firms have broken into the big league since 2003 and those that have done so have tended to be good at working the political machine.

2003年以来，很少有新企业打入这个大圈子，而那些成功进入的公司通常精于政治游戏。

Nine-tenths of men's political energies must henceforth be wasted on expedients to piece out — to patch — or, in vulgar language, to tinker — the political machine as often as it broke down.

从此以后，十分之九的人的政治精力必须浪费在权宜之计上，以便在政治机器经常崩溃时拼凑——修补——或者用粗话来说，修补——政治机器。