I was now fascinated by the idea of poetry, words that had the power to make or break a person's world.

诗歌的所体现的思想深深吸引了我，让我相信文字是具有创造或者毁灭一个人的世界的能力。

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In this way, we may get an idea of the composer's intentions, for indeed, the composer uses every musical device for its power to communicate and for its contribution to the musical experience.

通过这种方式，我们可以了解作曲家的意图；因为事实上，作曲家利用每一种音乐工具来传达音乐的力量，以及为音乐体验做出贡献。

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He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre.

他想出了一个把旧发电站改造为艺术中心的主意。

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Until Texas became a state, almost all national leaders seemed to accept the idea that Congress did have this power.

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And the reasons for this coupling of the name Milton and of this idea or the metaphor of power, I think, are worth looking in to.

我认为，人们之所以将米尔顿这个名字,与力量这个概念配对的原因是值得研究的。

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The idea was that power to the people rather than the central government.

核心目的是权利属于人民,而不是属于中央政府。

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As Arnold Kling has written, the primacy of power is assumed while the idea that power should be decentralized and rolled back is perceived as the truly fringe-y idea.

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Most of his own followers, including those in his church, hate the idea of power-sharing.

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If the coalition works, voters may warm to the idea of power-sharing, and to the proportional voting systems that inevitably give rise to it. (A referendum on the alternative-vote electoral model, which the Lib Dems prefer over Westminster's first-past-the-post system, is part of the deal.) And the Lib Dems got all this despite flopping at the polls.

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