The central state, though often very rich and very populous, was intrinsically fragile, since the development of new international trade routes could undermine the monetary base and erode state power.
尽管中央帝国通常非常富有和人口稠密，它本质上是很脆弱的，因为新的国际贸易路线的发展可能会破坏货币基础和侵蚀国家权力。
Expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate society's power of choice.
昂贵的东西不一定是富人的专利，除非我们放弃社会的选择权。
Instead, they have had to cultivate the rich, who have gained greatly in lobbying power.
相反，他们必须与富人结交朋友，富人的游说能力大大增强。
In terms of its total spending power, though, it still lags well behind its peers in the rich world; nor is that likely to change soon.
在其总的支出能力来看，他们比富裕国家的还差了好大一截，也不可能很快有所改观。
But expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate society's power of choice.
但是，昂贵的事物并非必定属于富人的范畴，除非我们放弃社会的选择权。
Flexible OLED technology may be the key because it can provide the rich color and resolution density needed for a smaller screen without being a power hog and resists damage by its malleable nature.
而柔性oled技术可能是其中的关键，因为它能够提供丰富的色彩和高分辨率以适应较小屏幕的需要，同时更加节能抗磨。
In other words, the “small and rich” Scandinavian bloc once again showed its power, even if little Iceland got left off the list for some reason.
换句话而言，“小而富”的斯堪德纳维亚半岛再次显示了它的实力，尽管冰岛这次不知是何原因没有在名单之列。
Despite plans to increase the use of renewable energy and nuclear power-in the rich world, at least-oil will continue to represent a large share of energy needs, especially for transport.
尽管人们越来越多地使用可再生能源和核能——至少在富国是这样的——在未来人们对能源的很大一部分需求还是要来自于石油，尤其是在交通领域。
Theymay not have either money, or property, or learning, or power; andyet they may be strong in heart and rich in spirit--honest, truthful, dutiful.
他们可能没有金钱、财富、更没有权利；但是他们可能拥有超强的意志力以及丰富的精神财富——诸如诚实、信念以及责任感。
Older versions of ActionScript (ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0) offered the power and flexibility required for creating rich Web applications.
ActionScript的老版本(ActionScript 1.0和2.0)提供了创建效果丰富的Web应用程序所需的功能和灵活性。
And in many rich countries fishing communities, though hardly populous, exert concentrated lobbying power that overwhelms the diffuse interests of the majority.
在很多富国，捕鱼团体虽然人数不多，但却施加了集中的游说力量，压倒了分散的大多数人的利益。
Resource rich but energy poor Ghana's biggest challenge is remedying power shortages that force frequent brownouts.
在资源丰富但能源缺乏的加纳，最严峻的挑战就是解决造成频繁断电的能源短缺问题。
When you think of television news reporters, visions may come to mind of power parties, exotic overseas assignments and exclusive interviews with the rich, the famous and the criminal.
当你想到电视新闻记者时，脑海中出现的形象可能是一个有影响力的群体，充满异国情调的海外项目，以及对富人、名人和罪犯的独家专访。
Flowers of such beauty and rarity soon became symbols of power and prestige and the rich tried their utmost to lay their hands on some to display in their gardens.
这美丽兼稀有的花朵顿时成了权力和威望的象征，只要是有钱人都千方百计找几朵种在自己的庭院供玩赏。
They may not have either money, or property, or learning, or power; and yet they may be strong in heart and rich in spirit--honest, truthful, dutiful.
这些人也许既无金钱，也无财物，既缺乏学问，也缺乏权势；但他们的心灵是强大的，他们的灵魂是充盈的——他们正直、诚实而恪尽其责。
But sceptics note that rich, single-minded Finland is over budget and behind schedule with its new nuclear-power plant.
但持怀疑态度的人指出，富裕、坚定的芬兰都超出了预算，而且其新核电厂的进度落后于计划。
Sudden interest in “civilian” nuclear power around the oil-rich Gulf shows that Iran’s neighbours are hedging their bets.
石油丰富的海湾地区对“民用”核设施突然的兴趣表明，伊朗的邻国正两面投机。
In Britain, as in most rich countries, the average efficiency of coal-fired power stations is about 35%.
同大多数富国一样，英国燃煤发电站的平均燃烧效率在35%左右。
I wish you very happy and very rich, and by refusing your hand, do all in my power to prevent your being otherwise.
我祝你幸福豪富。我所以放纵你的求婚，也就是为了免得你发生什么意外。
Rich countries, which have the bulk of power within the institution, do not take it seriously.
富国掌握这个机构的大权，不拿它当回事。
The rest of the world would then be able to join the poor of Africa and the rich of California, and generate solar power for itself.
届时，世界其他地区将能与贫困的非洲和富裕的加州一道享用太阳能。
Love, if too rich, too complex, the power of the words in it and how much too?
爱，如果太过丰富，太过复杂，那么言语在其中又有多太的力量？罺。
The shift in economic power from West to East is accelerating, says John o 'sullivan. The rich world will lose some of its privileges.
经济实力从西方向东方的转移正在加速，约翰。奥苏利文说。富有的国家将会失去一些往日的优惠待遇。
The sound is rich and enveloping, with plenty of power to rattle the house.
丰富的声音和包络环面，留出足够的权力，脆裂的房子。
Since UNCTAD's first analysis in the early 1970s there has been concern about the power wielded by companies from rich countries in poorer ones.
自从20世纪70年代UNCTAD第一次分析之后，人们就开始关注富裕国家的跨国企业在较贫困国家拥有的权力。
Has the strong communication, the power of expression, strain capacity, rich team cooperation spirit.
有责任心。有较强的沟通、表达能力，应变能力强，富团队合作精神。
If you want to enable sensor-rich environments, you have to start worrying about what a device is going to look like and how it's going to be supplied with power and networking-practical issues.
如果你想使富感应环境(sensor - rich environments)成为可能，你就必须开始考虑设备的外观设计以及怎样供应能量并将其连接到网络中——这些都是很现实的问题。
The power that Flex provides might inspire you to want to create rich, beautiful components that have thus far been solely the province of desktop applications you build with libraries such as openGL.
Flex提供的强大特性可能会鼓动您去创建复杂完美的组件，让它们实现专属于桌面应用程序（使用 openGL等库构建）的优势。
The power that Flex provides might inspire you to want to create rich, beautiful components that have thus far been solely the province of desktop applications you build with libraries such as openGL.
Flex提供的强大特性可能会鼓动您去创建复杂完美的组件，让它们实现专属于桌面应用程序（使用 openGL等库构建）的优势。
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