例子：

　　It is quite useless to ask whether Vanderbilt was criminally prosecuted or

　　civilly sued by the Government. Not only was he unmolested, but two years later,

　　he carried on another huge swindle upon the Government under peculiary heinous

　　conditions.

　　我们根本不必追问政府是否根据刑法或民法对范德比尔特提出起诉。范德比尔特不仅逍遥法外，而且在两年后又以极其凶狠的手段对政府进行弓一次巨大的诈骗。