When the invasion occurred he seized power and ruled the country as a puppet of the occupiers.

他趁入侵之时夺取了政权，作为占领者的傀儡统治着这个国家。

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Miss Li and others of the court were abandoned.In his book “The Puppet Emperor” Brian Power describes the scene.

李玉琴和宫中的其他人遭到抛弃，这在Brian Power的书中有关于这段场景的描写。

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He's just a puppet with no real power.

他只是个没实权的傀儡。

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It was the sort of remark liberal critics often point to as evidence Norquist is a conservative puppet master with near-limitless power.

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Charles Schumer--aided, perhaps, by the star power of their proposed puppet Caroline Kennedy--these worthies will fight off any attack against the bonus babies.

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For the past three years ICE, run by onetime power plant developer Jeffrey Sprecher, has been constantly accused of being a puppet for Wall Street.

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