The Senators的意思|示意

The vote in the Senate was always a formality, so much so that a large number of the senators had already left for the half-term break and voted on this bill by proxy.

议会的投票通常只是一个形式，大量议员已经离开进行中期休假，都是以委托的形式进行投票。

All I could do was present the Senators with the ugly truth and hope we could convince them to help us all and I was running out of time to make that a reality.

我能做的只有把丑恶的真相展示给参议员们，希望我们能说服他们来帮帮我们。但我能实现这一设想的时间已所剩无几。

I just hope the Senators would listen. [Feed opens] There was no audio but I suddenly had a full view of the congressional chamber hosting this meeting.

我只希望参议员们会听。[视频信号接通]没有音频，但举办这场会议的国会议事厅的全景出现在我眼前。

Each time, more than a quarter of the senators rejected him.

每次都有超过四分之一的参议员提出否决。

More than once the senators have hanged the drum for a stronger nuclear deterrent.

参议员们多次竭力主张加强核威慑力量。

The bulk of the work will be done behind closed doors, although the senators say they will hold open hearings when possible.

大部分工作将秘密进行，虽然参议员说他们将尽可能举行公开听证会。