What's known as checks and balances?

所谓的三权分立？

Our system is built on checks and balances.

我们的建立在三权分立、相互衡的基础上。

Our system of separation of powers, checks and balances — it may not be perfect, but it's maintained our democracy for nearly 250 years, longer than any other nation in history that's ever tried such a bold experiment.

我们的三权分立，权力衡——它可能不是完美的，但它已经维系了我们的民主近250，比历史上任何一个尝试过如此大胆实验的国家都要长。

Most of them did not question the idea of a government with three separate parts.

他们中的大多数人对三权分立的想法没有什么异议。

It is also a big-picture fight over government and the separation of powers.

这也是一场围绕政府和三权分立的大斗。

The Supreme Court of the United States is a judicial body in the system of separation of powers in the US, and has always played an extremely important role in the balance of power.

美国最高法院是美国三权分立中的司法机构，一直在权力智衡中发挥着极其重要的作用。

We respect the separation of power and the independence of the justice and do hope that Spanish justice will take decision in the Puerto case as a matter of priority.

我们尊重权力分立和司法的独立性，的确希望西班牙司法部门能够优先考虑" 港口案件" 的解决。

It's still unclear if the cases are related, but panel Chairman Jerrold Nadler says they raise " serious constitutional and separation-of-power concerns."

目前尚不清楚这些案件是否有关联，但委员会主席杰罗德·纳德勒表示，这些案件引起了“严重的宪法和权力分立问题”。

By his actions, he confirmed the separation of powers of the three branches of the government, as proposed in the Constitution.

他用行动证实了《宪法》所提议的三权分立。

The rest of the Old Narnians stood down each side of the glade. At the far end stood the Telmarines.

其他古老纳尼亚的臣民分立在空地两旁。远处站着那些台尔马人。

Of course, we said. We watched as their stance changed -- feet apart, faces lifted, no pretense at smiles.

当然可以，我们说。于是她们改变站姿--双腿分立，抬起脸庞，抹去逢迎的微笑。

They built a system of checks and balances, also known as a separation of powers, into the Constitution.

因此他们在宪法中创立了三权分立。

Separation of powers, constitutional questions are now you know being ripped from the headlines every day.

权力分立，宪法问题，这是现在每天的头条新闻。

A changing booth was discretely hidden behind a screen of ornamental floor plants and cascading vines.

更衣室分立在由观赏性落地植物和瀑布状藤蔓做成的屏风后面。

These checks and balances help control the three branches and keep them equal to each other.

“三权分立”既有助于控这三个部门，又使其互相平衡。

Another good example of the separation of powers is the process by which a person becomes a Supreme Court justice (or a judge on the Supreme Court, the most powerful court in the U.S.).

另一个三权分立的典例是一个人成为最高法院法官的过程（或美国权力最大的法院——最高法院的一名法官）。

We can find one example of checks and balances in the United States' process for making laws.

美国定法律的过程就是三权分立的一个典例。

There is no chance of new legislation during the next two years of divided Congress.

在未来两分立的国会期间，出台新立法的可能性为零。

The Ottoman Empire had an education system where religious and secular schools operated separately.

奥斯曼帝国实行的是宗教与世俗学校分立的教育体系。

What's important to understand about the concept of " separation of powers" ?

关于“三权分立”的概念，重要的是要理解什么？