The government employees have spent their time and energy on fence-mending to keep their party in power.政府工作人员花费时间和精力来改善政治关系，力图使他们的政党保持执政地位。It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。The incidents have not yet caused a major rupture in the political ties between countries.这些事件目前尚未造成国家之间政治关系的严重破裂。