He also led a study that showed that airborne particles produced by automobile exhaust, industry and coal or oil fired power plants can cause blood pressure to rise to dangerous levels.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

These were the qualities that had guided the Greeks for centuries and contributed to their rise to power.

这些特质几个世纪以来,领导着希腊人,并促使他们成为强权。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It explains its rise to power and Marduk's rise from being a city god to being at the head of the pantheon of a large empire.

它解释了权力的崛起和Marduk作为城市守护神的兴起,他成了万神庙或者说是庞大王国的首领。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Regional experts say the Afghan Taliban was able to rise to power in the 1990s after the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and the United States largely pulled out of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20