When public opinion is particularly polarised, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above "mere" politics and "embody" a spirit of national unity.

当公众舆论两极分化时，就像佛朗哥政权结束后那样，君主可以超越“纯粹的”政治，成为国家统一的精神“象征”。

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The same is true with a city - some details hidden in public may be the spirit of the city.

对城市来说也是一样——某些在公众场合看不到的细节可能正是这个城市的灵魂。

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He is endued with a spirit of public service.

他富有为公众服务的精神。

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However, it also squandered much of the prestige it had enjoyed for upholding a spirit of public service that dated all the way back to the glory days of the samurai era in the 17th-19th centuries.

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