There was less and less respect for authority.

人们对权力的崇拜越来越淡。

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There was less and less respect for authority .

人们对权力的崇拜越来越淡。

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The boy showed a complete lack of respect for authority.

这位男孩对权威缺乏最起码的尊重。

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Yet it casts doubt on the proposition that Asians have a greater respect for authority however exercised than do westerners, as does other evidence.

ECONOMIST: What would Confucius say now?

Conservatism and respect for authority become rigidity and an inability to innovate.

ECONOMIST: What would Confucius say now?

By contrast, moral values such as sexual purity and respect for authority to which conservative politicians often give greater emphasis resonate deeply with only a minority of the population.

WSJ: Arthur Brooks: Republicans and Their Faulty Moral Arithmetic