Before 1955, most white people were just shadowy presences in our world, vague figures of power like remote bosses at the mill or clerks at the bank.

1955年以前，大多数白人在我们的世界里只是影子般的存在，就像工厂里高高在上的老板或银行职员那样的模糊的权力人物。

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The CPU processes computer instructions to perform work, just like car engines to use fuel to generate power.

CPU通过处理计算机的指令来进行工作，就好像汽车发动机利用燃料来产生动力。

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Just like power utilities, the big Banks have a commanding position in the market, which they can use for the benefit of their customers and the economy at large.

就如电力设施，大银行在市场中处于指挥者的位置，它可以利用这个位置为客户创造收益，并大量节约。

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It's just this Orphic power that Milton, like the Lady, was always anticipating for himself.

像这个女孩一样，弥尔顿想要的，就是这种俄耳甫斯式的力量。

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Satan's saying that before the war in heaven, God's power just seemed like any other king's power, as if God sat on the throne of heaven merely because of those humanly constructed reasons of tradition, or of old repute or consent or custom.

撒旦是说在这场天上的大战之前，上帝的力量就和其他国王的力量一样，他坐在天堂的宝座上似乎仅仅是因为,人们自己营造的原因和传统，或者说是他过期的声望，他制定的法规以及约定俗成的规矩。

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If Facebook truly becomes the social network hub of the world then that will end up being regulated as a utility just like the power companies have been.

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"Mexico's government is like the policeman who just doesn't have the power to stop the bank from being robbed, " says Robert Lacy, the chief executive of Grupo Marcatel, a Mexican phone company that competes against Mr. Slim.

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Just like power utilities, the big banks have a commanding position in the market, which they can use for the benefit of their customers and the economy at large.

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