enthrone的使用方法疑问

This development—and its strong implications for US politics and economy in years ahead—has enthroned the South as America’s most densely populated region for the first time in the history of the nation’s head counting.

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This development—and its strong implications for US politics and economy in years ahead—has enthroned the South as America’s most densely populated region for the first time in the history of the nation’s head counting.

【翻译】这种进步，及其对美国政治、经济在将来多年的强大影响，在全国人口普查史上首次把南部区域当作美国人口最密集的区域。

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