| 1. | The nation declined as a world power .
作为一个世界强国，这个国家已经衰落。 |
| 2. | The country was a great naval power in past centuries .
该国在前几个世纪是海上强国。 |
| 3. | Did it share common borders with weak states, or powerful ones ?
它是同弱小国家接壤呢？还是同强国接壤？ |
| 4. | The major world powers are afraid of falling behind in the arms race .
世界主要强国惟恐在军备竞赛中落后。 |
| 5. | Then there are countries permanently under the menace of the aggressive powers .
此外还有永远在侵略强国威胁下的国家。 |
| 6. | Essentially, the united states was a great sea power, he said, linking the two world oceans .
他说，美国实质上是一个连接两个世界大洋的海上强国。 |
| 7. | As the preeminent military and economic power in the world, the united states faced a fundamental choice .
美国作为世界上超群的军事和经济强国，面临着根本性的选择。 |
| 8. | The united states was a world power in fact as well as in name when roosevelt left the white house in 1909 .
1909年罗斯福离开白宫时，美国无论在名义上或实际上都是个世界强国。 |
| 9. | It is not by accident that the two most powerful nations, capable of threatening each other with total war, are also the most advanced technologically and industrially .
这两个能够以全面战争互相威胁的超级强国，同时在技术和工业上也是最先进的国家，并非出于偶然。 |
