civil power meaning in English
统治权，政权。
Examples
- He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power
他施加影响，使军队独立于文官政权之外，并凌驾于文官政权之上。 - Otherwise , as avarice is the necessary consequence of old age , those immortals would in time become proprietors of the whole nation , and engross the civil power , which , for want of abilities to manage , must end in the ruin of the public
要不然，由于老年必然导致贪婪，那些长生不死的人迟早会成为整个国家的业主，垄断全国的权力，但因为缺乏管理能力，最终又必然导致整个国家的毁灭。