Although past success does not guarantee future triumph, the American system, with its relative freedom, is uniquely capable of recovering and adapting.

尽管以往的成功并不能保证未来的胜利，美国的政治体系，以其相对的自由度，完全可以从低迷中恢复、适应。

She is the symbol of this generation that came of age with relative freedom and was robbed of it overnight.

她是这一代人的象征，他们在相对自由的环境中长大成人，却在一夜之间被剥夺了自由。

To merchants, who’d plied the Indian Ocean for years in relative freedom, the Portuguese were just glorified pirates, extracting value from trade without adding to its efficiency or volume.

对于多年来相对自由地在印度洋航行的商人来说，葡萄牙人只是美化的海盗， 从贸易中榨取价值而不增加其效率或数量。

And all the princes had to do in exchange for their relative freedom was recognize the Mongol khans as their rulers and allow the Mongols to pick the Grand Prince from among the Russians.

为了换取他们的相对自由，王子们所要做的就是承认蒙古可汗为他们的统治者，并允许蒙古人从俄罗斯人中挑选大王子。