The Pentagon colossus now accounts for half of total world military spending.

目前五角大楼巨人的开支占世界总军费一半。

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In those years, just after World War I, the military wanted to build an American highway system for national defense.

在第一次世界大战后的那些年里，军方希望为国防建设一个美国公路系统。

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China held a grand parade in Beijing to mark the defeat of Japan in World War Two, displaying its military power on an unprecedented scale.

中国在北京举行了盛大的阅兵式以纪念在二战中战胜日本，并前所未有地展示了自己的军事实力。

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In another example, pilot Edith Foltz Stearns was flying a plane to a military base in Scotland during World War Two.

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The rise of the polis is based upon critical, economic, military,social,and political changes, all of which produce a world that's really strikingly different from the one that was just before it.

城邦的兴起是基于关键方面,经济,军事,社会 和政治的变革,所有的一切都造就了一个,与之前的时代截然不同的新世界

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During World War Two, Eugene McCarthy worked as a technical aide for a military intelligence office of the War Department.

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In this context, there also needs to be a critical evaluation of the benefits and costs of the UK's world military role.

BBC: Viewpoints: Future of the British army

But he points out that America's global alliance system of more than 60 countries, accounting for 80% of world military spending, remains formidably strong.

ECONOMIST: American military spending

Overall, Sipri expects world military spending to continue to fall until the global economy recovers, further demonstrating the fact that the industry is driven by the amount of money available to governments as much as by their perceived need for the equipment.

CNN: Austerity hits global military spending