Now he fears that his modest successes there may be undermined if the violence in Gaza continues.

现在他开始担忧，如果加沙冲突继续恶化，他那些不足道的成就将会被破坏。

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As we sat facing each other across the desk in his modest office, he told me that the money he had made was for society, not for himself.

他的办公室很普通，我们在办公桌面对面坐下，他告诉我说，他赚的钱是为了社会，而不是为他自己。

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Yet even his modest concessions to an elected parliament acknowledge the ultimately irresistible potency of the trend towards empowering the people.

尽管他只向民选议会做了有限让步，这也证明，最终还权于民之势不可阻挡。

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And, so, Louis XIV, who liked to call himself the Sun God, a modest megalomaniac, he sends out officials into the provinces to enforce his will, and these dudes are called intendants--but that doesn't matter, you don't have to remember that.

因此,路易十四,自称为太阳王,一个外表谦虚实则嚣张自大的人,他派一些官员去各省强化他的意志,这些人被称作是监督官,这个不是重点,你们不用记这个

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He is just blandly reciting his modest list of accomplishments during the past eight years.

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And on his modest pay he must pay immodest taxes (see story, page 62).

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Taking care of his modest Spanish-style bungalow is one way for him to pass the time.

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