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

某些国家前的制黄金为基础的。

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

在19世纪90年代，美国人民对国家的制产生了深刻的分。

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，我们正在脱离金本位制（黄金为本位的制），在那个时，除了作为对黄金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.

这标志着与先前的金本位制(黄金为本位的制)进行决裂，从19世纪末开始，一些国家将本国价值与特定数量的黄金挂钩，而金本位制为这些国家提供了可预测和稳定的汇率。