The accused's right to silence was a vital counterbalance to the powers of the police.

被告人的沉默权对警方的权力是一种至关重要的抗衡。

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Can we, somehow, resist the powers that conspire to domesticate us?

我们能否以某种方式抵制那些合谋驯化我们的力量？

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Religious traditions have taken a leading role in directing the powers of violence.

宗教传统在指导暴力力量方面发挥了主导作用。

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he accuses all the powers and forces that have interfered with the development of Africa.

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But it's still a promise, and it's a promise of the powers of imagination and of poetry, and of poetry made out of play, of a child's play.

但始终还是一个希望，一个想象力和诗歌伟大力量的希望，这些诗是从玩中来的，从孩子们的玩耍中。

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But I think Socrates means more than that, more than simply he wishes to rely on the powers of private individual judgment.

但我认为苏格拉底所指更多，他不只是希望,依靠个人判断的能力而已。

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That means a time limit after which the powers expire or have to be reviewed...

BBC: Week ahead

An independent counsel, with all the powers of that office, is what we need.

WSJ: A Battering Ram Becomes a Stonewall

Amazingly, thanks to the powers of the interwebs, there was no shortage of interest.

CNN: Apparently This Matters: Selling a haunted mirror