What they said in the beginning is that they would not put their thumb on the scales.

他们一开始就表示不会影响结果。

But possessing power seems itself to put a thumb on the scales, towards more entitled and self-serving behaviour.

但拥有权力似乎本身就会影响人的行为，让人们认为自己享有更多特权，做出更多利己行为。

You put your thumb on the scale.

你私底下操纵着投票。

Critics point to this decision as another instance of Barr putting his thumb on the scales for a friend of the president.

批评人士指出，这一决定是巴尔为总统的朋友而将大拇指放在天平上（意指偏袒）的另一个例证。

And in this situation, you know, you do not want to be seen as putting your thumb on the scale one way or the other.

在这种情况下，你知道，你不希望别人认为你把你的拇指放在秤上。

I suspect President Trump would be in the White House today, if big tech and big media and the FBI didn't work together to put the thumb on the scale to get Joe Biden in there.

我怀疑特朗普总统今天会入主白宫，如果大型科技公司、大型媒体和联邦调查局不合起伙来让乔·拜登上台的话。