1. The European Union is an imperfect creature, with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones.

直译:欧盟是个不完善的产物，它的一些行为基于正确的经济学原理，一些行为基于错误的经济学原理.

欧盟不太完善，它的一些行为符合经济学原理另一些不符合。

2. To Americans, being on one's own suggests that one is a fully independent and functioning part of the whole capable and willing to make choices.

对于美国人来说，完全独立、能够融入团队并且愿意做选择是个人自身的信条。


划杠处不太有把握...

being one's own suggests that ......
原来是这样

1. The European Union is an imperfect creature, with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones.
欧盟是一个不完善的组织，它的一些措施符合好的政治经济原则而一些措施是不好的。
2. To Americans, being on one's own suggests//that one is a fully independent and functioning part of the whole capable and willing to make choices.
对于美国人来讲，独立代表着一个人完全自立，而且能为整体贡献一份力量，并且愿意尝试不同的选择。

1. The European Union is an imperfect creature, with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones.
欧盟并非是一个完美的机体，他的一些活动是基于正确的政治经济原则，但是有一些就欠缺了。
2. To Americans, being on one's own suggests that one is a fully independent and functioning part of the whole capable and willing to make choices.
对于美国人来说，独自完成的建议是他是一个完全独立和功能性的一部分，有能力而且乐意去做选择。

太难了，

看了答案，感觉心里舒服了一些，花了近二十分钟才完成。第二句真是花了不少心思，我查字典才找到being one's own suggests的意思是“独处时”，好不容易才凑出了意思。中英文相差太大了。

1. The European Union is an imperfect creature, with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones.
欧盟是一个不完美的东西，他的行为某些是依靠不错的政治经济原则但有些所依靠的原则并不好
2. To Americans, being on one's own suggests that one is a fully independent and functioning part of the whole capable and willing to make choices.
对美国人来说，一个人依赖自己表明他是完全独立的，是整体中一个非常有用的部分，同时也愿意做出选择

1 欧盟并不是一个完善的组织，因为它的行为有的依据好的政治经济，有的却不是。
2 对于美国人来说，做自己就是一个人能完全自主，完全有能力和意愿作选择。

1. The European Union is an imperfect creature, with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones.
欧盟是一个不完美的 产物，他的一些行为源于政治经济学好的 原则，而有一些则源于不完美的原则。

1. The European Union is an imperfect creature, with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones.
欧盟因为它一些建立于良好的政治经济政策和一些反之的行为，从而变得有缺陷。
with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones
这是状语从句，修饰解释前面的句子。
2. To Americans, being on one's own suggests that one is a fully independent and functioning part of the whole capable and willing to make choices.
对美国人来说，建议做回自己就是要有充分的独立和完整的能干功能，以及要迅速做出决定。