What's known as checks and balances?

所谓三权？

Our system is built on checks and balances.

我们制度建在三权、相互制衡基础上。

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.

我们三权制度，权力制衡——它可能不是完美，但它已经维系了我们民主近250年，比历史上任何一个尝试过如此大胆实验国家都要长。

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

他们中大多数人对三权想法没有什么异议。

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制度中司法机构，一直在权力智衡中发挥着极其要作用。

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.

我们尊权力和司法独性，确希望西班牙司法部门能够优先考虑" 港口案件" 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“严法和权力问题”。

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《法》所提议三权。

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

其他古老纳尼亚臣民在空地两旁。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，抬起脸庞，抹去逢迎微笑。

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

因此他们在法中创了三权制度。

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

权力，法问题，这是现在每天头条新闻。

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

更衣室在由观赏性落地植物和瀑布状藤蔓做成屏风后面。

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

“三权”既有助于控制这三个部门，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.).

另一个三权典例是一个人成为最高法院法官过程（或美国权力最大法院——最高法院一名法官）。

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

美国制定法律过程就是三权一个典例。

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

在未来两年国会期间，出台新法可能性为零。

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

奥斯曼帝国实行是宗教与世俗学校教育体系。

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

关于“三权”概念，要是要理解什么？