Fascination(魅力;迷惑力) with this ideal(理想) has made Americans defy(违抗) the “Old World” categories of settled possessiveness(自制力)versus unsettling deprivation(剥夺), the cupidity(贪心) of retention(保留;具备)versus the cupidity of seizure, a “status quo” defended or attacked. The United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante. Our only “station” was the turning of a stationary wheel, spinning faster and faster. 这句话什么意思啊 我真是被它给搞蒙了......