This period was one of inter-elite rivalry, in which nobles sought to increase their influence by funding the construction of churches and other buildings.

这一时期是精英间的竞争，其中贵族们资助建造教堂和其他建筑来试图增加自己的影响力。

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The intruders fled after a plane flew overhead and Sunderland climbed onto his deck with a gun to ward them off, said Charlie Nobles, executive director of the association.

航行协会的执行董事查理•诺伯尔斯说，就在那时一架飞机从头顶飞过，桑德兰爬到甲板上用枪对着他们，于是那些入侵者就逃走了。

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The Mayan collapse was accelerated by “the competition among kings and nobles that led to a chronic emphasis on war and erecting monuments rather than on solving underlying problems”(8).

“国王和贵族之间充满争斗，他们忙于连年争战，以及建立纪念碑塔，而不去解决根本的问题”，这一情况加速了玛雅的毁灭”(8)。

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Again, these just illustrate my point, which is: Why did nobles and even other people agree to all of this?

上述内容再一次证明了我的观点,为什么贵族,甚至是普通民众会认可绝对主义

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Machiavelli wants to redirect power to some degree away from the nobles and toward the people.

马基雅维利想要在某种程度上,使权力由贵族往人民方向偏转。

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He goes out to Versailles and creates this noble theme park and sort of a Euro Disney for nobles where he can watch these nobles.

他来到凡尔赛,在那里他为贵族建了个主题公园,类似欧洲的迪斯尼乐园,在那里他可以看到贵族们的一举一动

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