If Justice Ginsburg were to leave the court, the political imperative to choose a woman would only increase.
如果金斯伯格大法官离任，选择一位女性的政治要求只会增加。The White House wants to see an agreement by the time U. S. President George Bush leaves office in January.
白宫希望在美国总统布什明年一月离任前达成协议。And the president's trip, in part, was a chance to put the best possible face on the situation there as he prepares to leave office.
布什总统此行，在某种程度上，有可能在他离任之前让这里的局势尽可能更好一些。He said he would leave in two years when his term ends, and that his son would not replace him.
他表示将在两年任期结束后离任，他的儿子也不会继承他的职位。This evening, I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen.
今晚，我向你们请假和告别，和你们分享离任前的一些最后想法，我的同胞们。Jiang Zemin, China's outgoing president, has been trying to rewrite party rules to let them in, against stiff resistance from conservatives.
中国即将离任的国家主席江泽民顶着保守派严格的抵抗，一直在尝试修改党章来允许他们入党。He'd certainly like to go out on an economic high note that would add to the already impressive economic credentials of his years in office.
他当然希望在经济增长高峰时离任，给自己任职时已经给人深刻印象的经济造诣来个锦上添花。The measures led to Mr Schr? der's premature ousting from office, ironically a few months before they began to bear fruit.
这些举措导致施罗德提前离任，而具有讽刺意味的是，此时距离这些措施开始见效仅有几个月时间。But a few days later Lord Browne publicly confirmed that, as expected, he would be stepping down in 2008.
不过，几天之后，正如人们预料的那样，布朗勋爵公开证实，自己将在2008年离任。