The monetary system of certain countries used to be based on gold.

某些国家前的货币制度是为基础的。

In the eighteen nineties, the American people were deeply divided over the nation's money system.

在19世纪90，国人民对国家的货币制度产生了深刻的分。

In other words, we're going off the gold standard, and at that time, money had no value except as a claim against gold.

换句话说，我们正在脱离本位制（为本位币的货币制度），在那个时候，货币除了作为对的债权之外没有任何价值。

This marked a break with the previous gold standard system, which from the late 19th century had provided predictable and stable exchange rates for countries that kept the value of their currencies fixed to a specific quantity of gold.

这标志着与先前的本位制(为本位币的货币制度)进行决裂，从19世纪末开始，一些国家将本国货币价值与特定数量的挂钩，而本位制为这些国家提供了可预测和稳定的汇率。