Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power, and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates. 对权力的迷恋随着对权力的体验而与日俱增,而且不论这权力是大到君王的,还是小到微不足道。
The despotic rule of Eastern potentates 东方君主的专制统治
His photo, stapled to sandbag fortifications, flutters in the breeze. Indeed they scoff at kings, And potentates are a derision to them; They deride every fortress, For they heap up dirt and take it. 他的照片被钉在沙袋堆成的堡垒上,在微风中飘动。10他们嘲弄君王,笑话掌权者;他们嗤笑一切保障,堆筑土垒攻取。
Both the kings of old and the potentates of today prefer to create their own reality than to face the truth. 无论是古代的国王还是今天的领导人,都宁愿创建自己的现实,也不愿面对真相。
Foreign potentates and diplomats beware: the United States wants your DNA. 外国当权者和外交官请注意:美国想要你的DNA。
Princes, maharajahs and other potentates. 亲王,土邦主以及其他有权势的人。
First as the people who funnel money around the world they were part of the draw for the various potentates who turn up here. 首先,作为推动全球资金流动的人,他们是吸引各色当权者到会的部分原因。
Indeed, as in many other industries, China has the market leverage to get what it wants from the foreign potentates who once dominated the film business. 确实,和许多其它行业相似,中国拥有巨大的市场筹码,可以从那些曾主宰电影业的外国权贵身上获得自己想要的条件。