纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(44)

Roosevelt insisted that the big capitalists recognize that they were mere¹ capitalists.

罗斯福坚持认为大资本家认识到他们只是纯粹的资本家

And that the elected officials of the country, were the ones that the people had chosen.

而该国的民选官员是人民群众选举出来的

Nobody elected J.P. Morgan to anything.

没有人选J·P·摩根当什么

Nobody elected John D. Rockefeller to anything.

没有人选约翰·D·洛克菲勒当什么

But the people had, well, indirectly² elected Theodore Roosevelt President and he was going to make the most of it.

但是人们 至少是间接地选举 西奥多·罗斯福为总统 他会充分利用这一点

Roosevelt quickly launches a campaign against the nation's largest trusts and his first target is a railroad conglomerate³ owned by J.P. Morgan.

罗斯福迅速发起了一场针对全国最大的那些托拉斯的运动 第一个目标就是J·P·摩根拥有的铁路企业集团

Morgan demanded to see the President. So he stormed down from New York to Washington, went into the White House. And he said, I don't understand, he said, if we got a problem, send your man to my man and they'll fix it up.

摩根要求会见总统 他从纽约冲到华盛顿 走进白宫 说 我不明白 有什么问题的话 你派个人 我派个人 他们解决了就好了

And Roosevelt said, "This is exactly the problem with Morgan. He acts as though I'm just a rival boss or something."

罗斯福说"这正是摩根的问题所在 他以为我只是他的一个商业对手什么的"

And Morgan, who thought that he could manipulate Roosevelt, discovered that Roosevelt could not be manipulated at all.

而摩根原以为能够操纵罗斯福 发现他根本不受摆布

Roosevelt refuses to back down from Morgan.

罗斯福拒绝向摩根退缩

He sues his company in Federal court.

他将摩根的公司告上美国联邦法庭

The first Government anti-trust case filed against a major corporation.

这是第一桩政府起诉大公司的反垄断案

1 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

2 indirectly   

adv.间接地，不直接了当地

参考例句：

• I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
• They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

3 conglomerate   

n.综合商社，多元化集团公司

参考例句：

• The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
• An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。