From the outset, Mr Bush appears to have underestimated the degree of hostility to his choice of such an abrasive unilateralist to represent American interests at the UN.

• 从一开始，布什总统就低估了那些人，即反对他提名博尔顿---这位强硬的单边主义者---成为美常驻联合国代表的那些人的影响力。