For a while, U.S. power was checked by the Soviet Union, but since the end of the Cold War, America has been the sole superpower.
有一段时间，美国的力量曾遭到苏联的制衡，但自从冷战结束之后，美国已经成为单极世界的唯一超级大国。
Other core issues include governance and power sharing, economy, territory and security, citizenship, and European Union membership.
其它核心问题还有，治理方式、权力分配、经济、领土及安全、国籍和欧盟会籍等等。
Fortunately, a few years later both America and the Soviet Union became interested in using solar power in space, where its advantages became apparent very quickly.
值得庆幸是，几年后，因为太阳能动力在太空的优势十分明显，美国和苏联同时对应用它的兴趣大增。
Nobody rose to power in the Soviet Union despite the system.
在苏联，不是这种人就无法取得权力。
The Economic Community of West African States, the European Union, the United States, and the African Union are all calling for Gbabgo to yield power to Ouatarra.
西非国家经济共同体、美国和欧盟都呼吁巴博将权力转交给瓦塔拉。
The union had a rulebook with fifty-six pages of what workers called “legislation” limiting the power of employers.
钢铁工人联合协会出台了一本56页的规则手册，用来限制雇主的权利，工人们将之奉为“法典”。
In all that we do, we must remember that what sets America apart is not solely our power — it is the principles upon which our union was founded.
在我们所做的所有这一切中，我们必须牢记：美国与众不同之处并不仅仅在于我们的实力，而是在于我们合众国的立国原则。
Mr Blair sometimes seemed to see Britain's global role as a bridge between American hard power and the more herbivorous soft power of the European Union.
有时布莱尔似乎认为英国在世界中扮演着桥梁的角色，一头联结着美国的硬实力，另一头联结着欧盟更加温和的软实力。
First built by the Soviet Union in 1953, and upgraded by the Americans in 1975, the power station that provides most of southern Afghanistan's electricity gradually fell into disrepair.
该发电站由苏联于1953年首建，由美国于1975年升级，但这个为大多数阿富汗南方人提供电力的发电站渐渐失修了。
Then, after four decades of Cold War competition, the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the United States was the sole great power in the world.
最后，经历了四十年的冷战煎熬，苏联解体了，美国成为了这个世界上唯一的超级大国。
The European Union, through its emissions trading scheme, has tried to make power plants consider the costs of carbon, forcing them to buy "permits" for emissions.
欧盟通过其排放量交易计划，用迫使电厂购买“排放许可”的方法，试图使电厂考虑煤的成本。
The former Soviet Union was a super power but only with an economy of a third world nation.
前苏联是超级大国，但它的经济只有第三世界的水平。
Finally, I'm taking The European Union as a Small Power: After the Post-Cold War by Asle Toje.
最后，我来谈一谈挪威学者，托吉的《欧盟，微弱的力量：后冷战时代之后》。
After a two-year pause, talks will resume on enlarging the union still further: a policy that has proved to be the EU's most successful source of soft power across central and eastern Europe.
暂停两年之后，有关扩大欧盟的谈判将继续下去：这种政策明显是欧盟向中东欧施展软实力的最佳源泉。
Austria's environment minister, Nikolaus Berlakovich, called for a European Union-wide stress test "to see if our nuclear power stations are earthquake-proof."
奥地利环境部长尼古拉斯·柏拉科维奇呼吁进行一次全欧洲范围的压力测试，“看看我们的核电站是否抗震。”
The European Union has committed itself to getting 20% of its electricity supply from renewable energy sources, mainly wind power, by 2020.
欧盟已经做出承诺，到2030年，20%的电力供应要来自于可再生能源，主要是风能。
In all that we do, we must remember that what sets America apart is not solely our power - it is the principles upon which our union was founded.
在我们所做的所有这一切中，我们必须牢记：美国与众不同之处并不仅仅在于我们的实力，而是在于我们合众国的立国原则。
Many diplomats feared that the Soviet Union would then spread its power throughout the Middle East.
许多外交家担心苏联会因此将势力扩张到中东地区。
In addition, the European Union and Japanese auto and steel industries are also boosting the power of recovery.
此外，欧盟以及日本汽车、钢铁等行业的复苏也是助推力量。
The significance of subsidiarity consists in providing a procedural guarantee for the correct choice of who will be the best to exercise the power among European Union, member states and other bodies.
辅助性原则最大的意义在于：为在欧盟和成员国或其他主体之间选择最为合适的权力行使主体提供了程序性的保障，因而提供了一个促进协调以取得平衡的重要概念空间。
The 1980s and 1990s saw that interest wane, but the growing economic power of the European Union is bringing the spotlight back to this part of the world.
虽然二十世纪80年代和九十年代见证了他们的衰退，但是欧盟日益增长的经济力量正在把公众的注意力带回到西欧。
It is no coincidence that some of the most promising peacemaking came after the Soviet Union stopped competing with America to be the dominant power in the Middle East.
当年苏联停止与美国的中东争霸后，最具前景的调停便纷至沓来，这绝非巧合。
It is no coincidence that some of the most promising peacemaking came after the Soviet Union stopped competing with America to be the dominant power in the Middle East.
当年苏联停止与美国的中东争霸后，最具前景的调停便纷至沓来，这绝非巧合。
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