But they tried to do that only when they needed to do so to keep their absolute control.

不过他们只有需要保持绝对权力时,才会这么做。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

That is they don't want--or more broadly they don't want centralization of power in the government.

那意味着，他们不希望-或更广泛地说,他们不希望权力全部集中在政府手中。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That is to lose their prerogatives, their rights to an absolute state.

那就是失去他们的特权,在一个绝对统治里所拥有的权力

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Because what matters is where they are in the power calculus.

因为重要的是,他们在整个权力体系中居于怎样的位置。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

What the kind of regime that emerges along side the polis, is an aristocratic republic in which the noblemen have influence and power within the community by tradition and they are plural.

和城邦一同出现的政权制度,是一个贵族化的共和政体,贵族在城邦中依靠传统赋予他们的地位,发挥影响,拥有权力,他们的人数不止一个

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

These political clubs or parties use their influence to incense the populous using their power to whip up dangerous passions that tend to make American politicians closer to demagogues than to statesmen.

用他们的权力激怒群众,用他们的权力激起危险的热情,致使美国政治家,趋近于蛊惑民心的政客,而非政治家。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Again, the elite in Britain were scared, because you've got all these Ranter groups and Levelers and people who believe that everybody ought to have the right to vote, whether they have property or not and people that believe in the right of women.

英国的精英们被吓得要死,英国当时有各种喧骚派团体,平均主义者以及民众,他们相信每个人都应该享有投票的权力,不论贫富,还有人认为妇女也应有投票权

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选