Diana was also many things-icon, diva, charity worker, moderniser, lightning rod-but she wasn't a joke.

戴安娜也有诸多身份——偶像、女主角、慈善工作者、现代主义者、引火烧身者——但是她不是一个笑话。

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Some consider him to be a cool-headed and visionary moderniser, others a scheming centraliser who will not tolerate dissent.

有些人认为他是一名头脑冷静、富有远见的改革者，有些则认为他这个人集大权于一身、诡计多端，而且容不得别人有异见。

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An ardent Conservative moderniser, he founded and ran a think-tank before helping to oversee the party's preparations for office.

他在帮助监管该党大选时的准备工作前，曾创建并运营着一个智库。

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Mr Kinnock said he was a multilingual moderniser and manager with huge experience and intelligence.

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And the treasury's director-general, Mario Draghi, a former World Bank executive director, is regarded as a moderniser.

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Although he is an ardent New Labour moderniser, Mr Hutton would immediately have realised the danger of his new position.

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