They were already a political force to be reckoned with.

他们已经成为一支不容忽视的政治力量。

《牛津词典》

For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country.

多年来军队都是该国最强大的政治势力。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The Hunan faction is an important military and political force in the late Qing Dynasty.

湘系势力是晚清时期的一派重要军政力量。

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"Liberating ourselves, we will then become a major political force, perhaps the biggest political force for basic social and political change in America in the seventies."

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Obviously, it goes without saying that today the assessment of Milton as some kind of imminent social threat or some sort of social force in terms of the radical nature of political power - that has taken a sharp turn.

显然--这是不言而喻的--现在，这一种基于弥尔顿,政治力量的激进性而把他看做是,危险的社会威胁或社会力量的观点,已经有了180度大转弯。

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now it's the opposite - pseudo Islamic fundamentalism has emerged as a primary political force.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Islamic extremists are the only political force in Pakistan easily able to rally a crowd.

ECONOMIST: Islamist militancy is alive and well

"Sinn Fein is now a major political force for change in this state, " he said.

BBC: Fianna Fail sweeps to victory

The ninety-nine per cent is too big a category to be an effective political force.

NEWYORKER: Evening the Odds