potentates

英 [ˈpəʊtənteɪts]

美 [ˈpoʊtənˌteɪts]

n.  权力大的统治者; (尤指不受国会等约束的)君主，统治者
potentate的复数

柯林斯词典

• 专制君主；有绝对权力的统治者
  Apotentateis a ruler who has complete power over his people.

双语例句

• Both the kings of old and the potentates of today prefer to create their own reality than to face the truth.
  无论是古代的国王还是今天的领导人，都宁愿创建自己的现实，也不愿面对真相。
• Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power, and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates.
  对权力的迷恋随着对权力的体验而与日俱增，而且不论这权力是大到君王的，还是小到微不足道。
• First as the people who funnel money around the world they were part of the draw for the various potentates who turn up here.
  首先，作为推动全球资金流动的人，他们是吸引各色当权者到会的部分原因。
• The despotic rule of Eastern potentates
  东方君主的专制统治
• His photo, stapled to sandbag fortifications, flutters in the breeze. Indeed they scoff at kings, And potentates are a derision to them; They deride every fortress, For they heap up dirt and take it.
  他的照片被钉在沙袋堆成的堡垒上，在微风中飘动。10他们嘲弄君王，笑话掌权者；他们嗤笑一切保障，堆筑土垒攻取。
• Foreign potentates and diplomats beware: the United States wants your DNA.
  外国当权者和外交官请注意：美国想要你的DNA。
• Indeed, as in many other industries, China has the market leverage to get what it wants from the foreign potentates who once dominated the film business.
  确实，和许多其它行业相似，中国拥有巨大的市场筹码，可以从那些曾主宰电影业的外国权贵身上获得自己想要的条件。
• Princes, maharajahs and other potentates.
  亲王，土邦主以及其他有权势的人。