CAMBRIDGE – Some critics complain that US President Barack Obama campaigned on inspirational rhetoric and an ambition to “bend the arc of history,” but then turned out to be a transactional and pragmatic leader once in office. In this respect, however, Obama is hardly unique.
美国剑桥—一些批评家批评美国总统奥巴马竞选时口号颇具鼓动性（inspirational），还提出了“弯曲历史之弓”的雄心，当选后却表现得事务（transactional）而现实（pragmatic）。但是，在这方面，奥巴马并不是绝无仅有的。