potentate meaning in English
n.
1.有权势的人；富权者。
2.统治者；君主。
3.强盛的国家。
Examples
- City prayers were vain against the great rural potentate .
城市里的祈祷文对于乡村中这个了不起的有权有势的人竟然毫无用处。 - There was another meeting of these two potentates at erfurt, in which the tsar was manifestly less amenable to the dazzling tactics of napoleon than he had been .
这两个君主在埃尔福特又有一次会见，这次沙皇对拿破仑的眼花缭乱的策略显然不象以前那样愿意听从了。 - Indeed they scoff at kings , and potentates are a derision to them ; they deride every fortress , for they heap up dirt and take it
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。 - Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power , and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates
行使权力后更增加了对权力的爱,无论是芝麻小权还是国君大权,一概如此 - Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power , and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates
行使权力后更增加了对权力的爱，无论是芝麻小权还是国君大权，统统如此。