1·That June, Yeltsin became Russia's first democratically elected president.
那年6月，叶利钦成为俄罗斯第一位通过民主选举产生的总统。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Disarmed, Yeltsin seemed relieved.
好像松了一口气 叶利钦解除武装。
3·In late 1991, far from feeling defeated, most Russians (at least 57% of whom had voted for Boris Yeltsin a few months earlier) saw themselves as victors.
1991年底，大部分俄罗斯人丝毫未感到失败(至少57%的人在几个月前投票给鲍里斯·叶利钦)，他们视自己为胜利者。
4·But helping Boris Yeltsin and his reformers could be like feeding fish to seals.
但帮助鲍里斯·叶利钦和他的改革者可能喜欢喂养的鱼密封。
5·Yeltsin had been reelected and NATO was about to vote to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic; we had to have an agreement on how to proceed.
叶利钦已再次当选，而且北约将要投票接纳波兰、匈牙利和捷克共和国；我们必须在如何处理这事上达成一致意见。