Pawns or Potentates 小卒或国王
N-COUNT A potentate is a ruler who has complete power over his people. 专制君主; 对人民拥有绝对权力的统治者 [正式]
Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power, and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates.
体验权力后更增加了对权力的热爱,无论是芝麻小权还是君主大权,一概如此。
There was another meeting of these two potentates at erfurt in which the tsar was manifestly less amenable to the dazzling tactics of napoleon than he had been.
这两个君主在埃尔福特又有一次会见,这次沙皇对拿破仑的眼花缭乱的策略显然不象以前那样愿意听从了。
Many new Yorkers, infuriated by tax breaks given to these skyscraping potentates, picture themselves toiling in the long, skinny shadows the new towers will cast.
很多纽约人为这些住在高处的权贵们所获得的税收优惠感到愤怒,想像自己将在这些新大楼即将投射的狭长阴影里辛苦劳作。
So, what happens with municipal privileges, towns that had municipal privileges, these are eroded and then virtually eliminated by powerful potentates.
地方特权怎么样了,拥有地方特权的城镇又发生了什么,绝对统治者削弱并最终废除了地方特权
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