In fact, when you break a rule or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

事实上，当你违反了一个规则或法律，你就失去了对你的生活的控制，并给予别人施加于你惩罚的权力，这种惩罚是你无法控制的。

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She ceded all power to her son-in-law who now runs the country as an autocracy.

她把权力全部交给自己的女婿，他现在对国家实行独裁统治。

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In Russia, the episode affirmed that power still counts for more than the law.

在俄罗斯，这段插曲肯定了，权利仍然比法律重要得多。

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The new law gave the president power to declare military rule in the south.

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