He elevated many of his friends to powerful positions within the government.

他将许多朋友都提拔到政府部门的要职上。

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On the contrary, truly experiencing this breakthrough leads to powerful and swift action.

正相反，要真正达到这个突破就需要更有力、更迅速的行动。

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We are all subject to powerful situational factors that largely control our behaviors.

我们都受到一些强势情境因素的影响，这些因素在很大程度上控制了我们的行为。

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The term today most often is used to describe a powerful machine designed to clear away trees and other big objects.

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The logic, the beauty, of Comus' rhetoric seems often to overpower the Lady's own, which is itself admittedly beautiful and powerful.

该逻辑，或者说美丽的修辞，压倒了小姐本身，是公认的美丽和强大。

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Leda feels the beating of the swan's heart, and that heart is "strange" to her, that simple, powerful word.

丽达感受到天鹅的心跳，而那心跳对她来说很陌生，陌生，是个简单给力的词。

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The letters released on Thursday were sent to powerful US senators John McCain and Carl Levin.

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Politically, a yuppie bailout would certainly appeal to powerful Democratic constituencies, not just the teachers' unions.

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Some of the New Mexico-based firm's executives have ties to powerful East Coast politicians.

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