Broadly speaking, it works like this: The E.U. Council sets the agenda, led by a president, head of states from all member countries decide on the E.U.'s political direction, to discuss sensitive issues, as well as foreign policy.

一般来说，它是这样运作: 欧盟理事会制定议程，由总统领导，所有成员国国家元首决定欧盟方向，讨论敏感问题，以及外交策。

You don't get much higher than a summit between two heads of state.

你不会得到比两个国家元首之间更高峰会。

That’s why when my husband and I travel abroad, we don’t just visit palaces and parliaments and meet with heads of state.

这也是为什么我们夫妇在国外访问时，不只参观宫殿、议会和会晤国家元首。

Mugabe is the world's oldest head of state.

全球最高龄国家元首。

During his recent trip to Asia, President Donald Trump attended the fifth U.S-ASEAN Summit in Manila and met with several of the region’s heads of state individually.

在近期亚洲之行中，总统唐纳德·特朗普出席马尼拉举办第五届美国-东盟峰会，并单独会见该地区几位国家元首。

Today, the Crown passes – as it is has done for more than a thousand years – to our new monarch, our new head of state: His Majesty King Charles III. With the King's family, we mourn the loss of his mother.

今天，王权传承，就像一千多年来一样，传承给我们主，我们国家元首，查尔斯三世陛下。与国王家人一起，我们哀悼他母亲逝去。

So i'm actually a head of state and a queen mother.

所以我实际上是国家元首和太后。

And that’s why when my husband and I travel abroad, we don’t just visit palaces and parliaments and meet with heads of state.

这也是为什么我们夫妇在国外访问时，不只参观宫殿、议会和会晤国家元首。

In Britain, the Queen is the head of State.

女王是英国国家元首。

They now favor an elected head of state.

他们现在支持民选国家元首。

The current president, Dina Boluarte, is the sixth head of state in less than five years and even if she were to go like some of the protesters are now demanding a solution to the crisis is hard to see.

现任总统迪娜·博卢阿特，是不到五年内第六位国家元首，即使她想满足抗议者解决危机要求，也很难实现。

It's his first visit to the country as state head of the Swiss Confederation.

作为瑞士联邦国家元首，这是他首次对中国进行国事访问。

Populations may be hungry, but heads of state rarely are.

因为老百姓可能会挨饿，国家元首可不会。

Queen Elizabeth II was also the world's oldest and longest-serving head of state.

女王伊丽莎白二世也是世界上年龄最大、任职时间最长国家元首。

Aged 36, he's the country's youngest head of state.

现年36岁他是这个国家最年轻国家元首。

Its clients include movie stars, famous athletes, even heads of state.

这家事务所客户包括电影明星、著名运动员还有国家元首。

Russia believes he should be permitted to remain the leader of the country.

俄罗斯认为他应该继续担任国家元首。

Only 26 percent said it should continue.

只有26%人认为应该让主继续担任国家元首。

His name is Kim Yong Nam. He's in his 90s, and he's a ceremonial leader.

这名高级官员是金永南。他今年已经90多岁，是朝鲜行使礼仪上国家元首。

In removing Britain's queen as its head of state, Barbados has officially become a republic.

巴巴多斯废除了英国女王国家元首地位后，正式成为了一个共和国。