To pete Buttigieg's many other virtues, add these: He's not delusional and he can see beyond himself.
在皮特·布蒂吉格的诸多其它优点中，加上这条：他从不妄想，并且他能超脱地看待这个世界。
After recognizing that he had no path to the Democratic presidential nomination, on Sunday he got out. No praying for miracles, no waiting too long, no protracted melodrama or low-building drum roll of hints.
在意识到自己无望获得民主党总统候选人提名后，布蒂吉格周日宣布退选。没有祈祷奇迹，没有磨磨蹭蹭，没有拖泥带水的表演，也没有缓慢酝酿的鼓点作为预兆。
He said that his compagne had sent " a message to every kid out there who is wondering if whatever marks them out as different means they are somehow destined to be less than." 'They could look at him," and see that someone who felt that exact same way can become a leading American presidential candidate with his husband at his side.
他说，“对于每一位还在迷茫，是否因为自己与众不同，就意味着注定低人一等的孩子，”他的竞选“传递着一个信号”——他们可以向他看齐，“看看一个曾和他们有过完全同样感受的人，也可以在他丈夫的陪伴下，成为一位主要的美国总统候选人。”
He was talking about the experience of being a minority and being marginalized and one of the great disappointments of his presidential bid was his inability to build a bridge between himself and others who have had that experience.
他谈及自己作为少数群体的一员而被边缘化的经历，谈到他在总统竞选中的一大遗憾便是没能在自己和其他有过同样经历的人之间搭起一座桥梁。
"Politics at its worse is ugly," he said on Sunday night. "But at its best, politics can lift us up. It is moral, it is soul craft." At his best, Buttigieg demonstrated that.
在最糟糕的情况下，政治是丑陋的，” 他在周日晚上说道，“但从最好的角度来看，政治可以让我们振作。它关乎道德，是灵魂的工匠。”而布蒂吉格尽己所能地证明了这一点。
Virtue n.美德，优点
Delusional adj.有妄想的
Delusion n.妄想
His has a delusion grandeur
Low-building 慢慢酝酿的
Melodrama 过分戏剧化的
Drum roll n.鼓点，
Hints n.提示，预兆
Destined to be (Determined to be) 注定成为...
Mark sb out 成为不同，区别于别人
Fly sky high 一飞冲天
Have no path to 对于...没有机会
Marginalize vt.边缘化
Lift sb. up 给某人动力 Cheer sb.up/Motivate sb.)
Soul craft 灵魂工匠
Craftsmanship 工匠精神
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