Markets have lost faith that the euro zone's economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation.

人们曾相信，欧元区经济体，无论弱国或强国，只要本着使用统一货币的原则，就能避免了那些缺乏竞争力的国家采取货币贬值这一权宜之计，就能有朝一日实现统一——如今市场已经丧失了这种信念。

It’s that spirit, born of the Enlightenment, that made us an economic powerhouse – the spirit that took flight at Kitty Hawk and Cape Canaveral; the spirit that that cures disease and put a computer in every pocket.

正是这种源于启蒙运动的精神，让我们成为经济强国，这种精神在小鹰号航母和卡纳维拉尔角空军飞，这种精神治愈了疾病，让计算机装进每人的口袋。

Moreover, China's bid to become a global semiconductor powerhouse is propitiously timed.

此外，中国成为全体强国的努力可谓恰逢其时。

By 1916 most of the world's great powers were locked together in seemingly interminable combat.

1916年，在似乎漫无止境的战争中，大多数强国都深陷缠斗/纠缠在一。

Cuba, they say, has the potential to be a basketball powerhouse.

员们表示古巴有着成为篮强国的潜力。

For without solid material and technological foundations, we cannot hope to build a great modern socialist country in all respects.

没有坚实的物质技术础，就不可能全面建成社会主义现代化强国。

And strongmen consolidating powering countries like Turkey and Hungary.

强人们正在巩固像土耳其和匈牙利这样的强国。

Once the region's economic powerhouse, today, the Japanese economy is struggling.

作为该区曾经的经济强国，日本经济现如今正处于挣扎之中。

It's an insanely large web of track that's helped ignite an economic powerhouse.

这是一张巨大的铁路网络，它助推了一经济强国的腾飞。

Powerful countries, and ones that create lots of plastic waste, such as the USA, China and Japan, have recently signed-off on legislation to stop " making our oceans into their landfills" .

强国并制造许多塑料垃圾的国家，如美国、中国、日本，近来也签署停止" 海洋变为废物填埋场" 的法律。

Then that was factories and production, and America rose to dominance.

后来，美国依靠工厂和工业产品上升为世界头号强国。

Throughout history, power passes from one nation to another.

纵观历史，经济强国换了一又一。

It is seeking to become a world space power.

它正在努力成为世界空间强国。

That meeting highlighted the divisions among world powers over how to deal with Iran.

这场会议突出了世界强国在如何处理伊朗问题上的分歧。

It was a great world power, with colonies all over the world.

荷兰是当时的世界强国，殖民遍布全。

We should actively take part in making international standards, to improve our ability.

我们要制定国际标准，这样我们才能成为高铁的大国或者是强国。”

The goal has been to change the mainly agricultural nation into a manufacturing power.

目标是将这以农业为主的国家转变为制造业强国。

Lenders in weak countries pay more to borrow than banks in strong ones.

在经济弱国贷款要给的利率比在经济强国的银行贷款更高。

So, a military buildup in the Black Sea is like an international show of power.

因此黑海的军事力量建设就像展现国际强国角力的舞台一样。

At the time, they were one of the ancient world's great powers.

当时，他们是古代世界的强国之一。