What's known as checks and balances?

所谓的三权分立?

Our system is built on checks and balances.

我们的制度建立在三权分立、相互制衡的基础上。

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.

也是一场围绕政府和三权分立的大斗争。

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

权力分立，宪法问题，是现在每天的头条新闻。

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

“三权分立”既有助于控制三个部门，又使其互相平衡。

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。

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.

此他们在宪法中创立了三权分立制度。

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

美国制定法律的过程就是三权分立的一个典例。

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。

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

在未来两年分立的国会期间，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。

That's their role in our system of checks and balances.

是他们在三权分立体系中的职责所在。

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？

The original underground line, the Metropolitan Railway, is still a separate company from the UERL.

最初的地铁线路——大都会铁路，至今仍是与伦敦地铁电气铁路公司（UERL）分立的独立企业。

But it seems like the separation of powers is a real constitutional issue.

但看来权力分立是一个真正的宪法问题。

This three branches of government stuff, that's been eroding for quite a long time.

三权分立的体制，长期以来一直在逐渐削弱。

So I see the debate over separation of powers as an important one.

所以我把权力分立之争看作是一个非常重要的话题。

And they also often argue that it helps to maintain the separation of powers.

他们还经常辩称，有助于维持三权分立。