1·Are these the signs of a flexible man, a pragmatist rather than an ideologue?
这些是一个灵活的人,一个实用主义者而非理论家的标志吗?
2·But he is a pragmatist, albeit a principled one.
但他是一个实用主义者,尽管他有自己的原则。
3·He is a forward-thinking pragmatist but has little experience in government.
他是一位有远见的实用主义者,但从政经验甚少。
4·The usual reply to such criticism is that Obama is basically a pragmatist, who will do what he thinks can work.
对于这类批评,通常的回应认为,奥巴马基本上是一个实用主义者,他会做那些他认为有用的事情。
5·Mr Obama is intelligent, inspiring and appears by instinct to be a consensus-seeking pragmatist.
奥巴马聪明,有感染力,似乎骨子里就是一个始终寻求共识的实用主义者。