And he knew what he didn't want, the hoary old pantomimes of the mighty.

而且他也知道自己不想要什么，为权们表演那种陈腐老旧的哑剧。

Indeed, rhetoric is viewed by many philosophers as the method through which the powerful accumulate more power.

事实上，浮夸的辞藻被许多哲学家视为权积累更多权力的方法。

Removing it could turn more of the elite against him.

现在回收这些特权可能会把权们赶到自己对立面去。

He's already said to these potentates, we're not going to lecture you about that.

他已对这些权们表示：“我们不会就那件事教训你们。”

During this campaign Mr Gingrich has consistently claimed that he frightens, and is running against, “the Washington establishment”, which is of course laughable; he served ten terms in Congress before becoming a “consultant”, think-tanker and free-floating policy wonk.

竞选中金里奇一直宣称，他害怕，但又将反对”华盛权“们到底，这一说法显然十分 可笑。早在金里奇成为一名”顾问“，智囊团成和随波逐流的政策专家之前，他就已经 连任十届国会成。

The primary system has continued to evolve after Bernie Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton in 2016, his supporters complained about the influence of party bigwigs, tipping the scales.

在2016年，Bernie Sanders输给 Hillary Clinton之后，初选系统持续改进，他的支持者抱怨党派权的严重影响力，使竞选失去了公平性。

The Guillotine, that new machine of death, cut off the heads of many, many people— the powerful and the cruel, but also the beautiful, the innocent, and the good.

那座断头台——那新的死亡机器，砍掉了许许多多人的头。有权和暴虐者的，但也有美丽、无辜且善良的人的。

So it is our job, it is our obligation, it is our duty to speak truth to power, to be the domino, not just when it's difficult — especially when it's difficult.

所以，这是我们的工作，我们的义务和责任不屈从于权，去成为骨牌，不只是在艰难的时候——尤其是在艰难的时候。

Researchers noted that there were no signs of statues of powerful or wealthy people.

研究人指出，没有迹象表明这里有权的雕像。

Unbeknownst to him, the New York power couple had another nasty trick in reserve.

他不知道的是，这对纽约的权夫妇还有另一个卑鄙的伎俩。

The documents show the secret financial dealings of the wealthy and powerful.

文件揭露了权的秘密金融交易。

These are the guys who run Amsterdam.

这些人是阿姆斯特丹的权们。

We know that all through its history there were intrigues, there were times when royalty were assassinated, the kings lost their positions, usurped by a brother or half-brother so there were problems all along the way.

我们知道贯穿整段历史的是一连串的阴谋，当时的皇族权遭到暗杀，列王丧失他们的王位，一直以来不断上演王位遭兄弟或同父异母兄弟篡位的事件，这些是那里一直以来的问题。

House Democrats intend to put a spotlight on the issues that worked well for them during the campaign: diminishing the influence of the wealthy and connected, expanding voting rights, lowering prescription drug costs and passing a bipartisan infrastructure bill.

比如减少富人和权对政局的影响，扩大投票权，降低处方药成本以及通过两党一致同意的基础设施法案。

" Many people feel that Facebook is no longer a platform they can use to hold the powerful to account, " says Marwa Fatafta of Access Now, a pressure group.

“很多人觉得，Facebook不再是一个他们可以用来让权们承担责任的平台，”压力集团AccessNow的Marwa Fatafta表示。

Cavendish is a book in himself. Born into a life of sumptuous privilege his grandfathers were dukes, respectively, of Devonshire and Kent he was the most gifted English scientist of his age, but also the strangest.

卡文迪许本身就是一部书。他生于一个生活奢华的权家庭祖父和外祖父分别是德文郡公爵和肯特公爵是那个年代最有才华而又极其古怪的英国科学家。

Worst-case scenario, trying something heroic and new could put you at odds with the powers that be in times and places when those powers were absolute.

最差的情况是 尝试一些伟大创新会让你和当朝的极权权发生龃龉。

Rembrandt is, after all, the most successful painter in Holland, and his paintings are hanging in the houses of the richest, most powerful men in the world.

伦勃朗毕竟是荷兰最成功的画家，世界上许多权家中都悬挂着他的作品。

But we don't generally use it for interactions with our close friends. Often, the people we rub elbows with are famous, important, or influential.

通常指接触名人、权或重要人物，而非亲密朋友。

It's good to have powerful friends, influence in high places, you know, a friend in need... - Well, listen, friend, what we need is one-and-a-half million quid!

有权朋友是好事，在高层有影响力，能解决燃眉之急的朋友嘛...... -听好了，朋友我们的燃眉之急是 150 万镑！