Now, you did have, in many of these countries, diets, or parliaments, or some representative bodies.

在很多绝对主义国家里,都设有国会,议会,或者是其他代议机构

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So, you have these diets and you have these parliaments, but one of the characteristics of absolute rule is that you don't have to call these bodies because the king is the big person.

所以,虽然设有国会,议会,绝对主义国家的特点之一,就是君主不必召开这些代议机构,因为他一人说了算

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