This yardstick tends to be shrugged off by empire builders, but in the long run it is the only one that counts.

这种尺度倾向于被帝国建造者摆脱，但是长期以来它是唯一的测量方式。

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They are embryonic empire-builders, hardy, self-sufficient and respectful of authority.

他们是未来国家的栋梁，吃苦耐劳，自立，尊重权威。

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In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders experimented with architectural and structural solutions later used in the construction of Samarkand, the capital of the Timurid Empire.

就是从这座未完工的建筑中，波斯高明的建筑者们试验了各种建筑方法，后来使用到了帖木儿王国都城撒马尔罕的建造中。

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There are no Dilbert-style middle managers who might be tempted to become mini-empire builders.

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