autocrats

You do not have to agree with Freedom House's precise methodology to agree that the autocrats have had the upper hand.

就算不认可FreedomHouse的精密计算，你也不得不承认独裁者占据了上风。

But it was hard enough to negotiate a compromise when the autocrats were in charge. Finding one the masses accept will be harder still.

但当独裁者掌权时，想要通过谈判达成妥协谈何容易。而要找到一个可以被人民接受的人掌权更是难上加难。

Whatever else the British Government did, it was not going to repudiate its debts in the manner of Continental autocrats.

无论英国政府作了些其他什么，它不会象欧洲大陆的独裁者那样不履行自己的债务。

When things go swimmingly, few people seem to mind being run by benevolent autocrats. When things get sticky, they are less obliging.

顺境时，很少有人在意国家是否由仁慈的独裁者统治；危机时，人们就不那么好说话了。

Mr Mubarak, like the rest of the Arab world's autocrats, will be pondering the despot's eternal dilemma.

穆巴拉克正如阿拉伯世界里其他的专制君主们一样，将会仔细思量独裁者永远的两难境地。

And, knowing this, the reliable old autocrats thought all they needed to do to stay safely on their perches was to wait Mr Bush out.

盟友们也对此心知肚明，于是他们认为要安安稳稳地坐在自己的位子上只需要等着布什退职。

But it was hard enough to negotiate a compromise when the autocrats were in charge.

但当独裁者一个人说了算的时候，想要达成妥协的方案都尚且很难。

Autocrats know that opening the door to democracy a bit risks letting the mutinous masses barge the whole way in.

独裁者知道，向民主敞开一点点门缝，就有让大暴动破门而入的危险。

The global divisions between the club of autocrats and the axis of democracy have broad implications for the international system.

专制主义俱乐部和民主制轴心在全球范围内的分裂对国际系统有着广泛的影响。

At least, you hear these pundits say, the autocrats get things done.

至少，你会听到这些专家们说，独裁统治者解决了问题。

Why indeed have they dealt with autocrats and kings across the Middle East only to see the people rise up?

为什么他们与这些中东的国王，独裁者交往最后却看到民众揭竿而起？

And without autocrats to deter illegal migrants, countries will have to rethink their immigration policies.

而且没有独裁者来阻止非法移民，欧洲国家将不得不重新考虑他们的移民政策。

However, autocrats are sometimes so surprised when someone dares to stand up to them that they can be shocked into taking note.

然而，当有人敢站出来挑战他们时，独裁者们有时会感到非常惊讶，以至于可能会受到震动而予以注意。

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to reclaim the presidency of Russia comes in a bad year for autocrats.

俄罗斯总理普京（VladimirPutin）宣布决定再次竞选总统之际正值独裁者日子不好过的一年。

The old autocrats deprived their people of freedom and opportunity; and the stability they promised, it is now clear, could not endure.

年老的独裁者剥夺了人们的自由和机会；他们曾许诺的稳定不会长久，这一点现在看来非常明确。

The Arab Spring triggers popular rebellions against autocrats across the Arab world.

阿拉伯之春引发了阿拉伯世界的反独裁动乱。

All autocrats are not bad, as some neoconservatives are proclaiming, and should not be overthrown.

正如一些新保守派人士宣称的，并非所有独裁者都是坏人、都应被推翻。

Autocrats that look to extend their mandate beyond their death by leaving in power their son or brother run afoul of this adage.

为了打破这个咒语，独裁者们往往通过把权力传给儿子或兄弟来延续自己的统治。

Autocrats, even more than most people, "hate to be blindsided, " Dufour notes.

杜福尔指出，专横的老闆，甚至大多数人，都不喜欢被“临时通知”。

The autocrats of the Gulf, especially in Saudi Arabia, are looking askance at the democratic upheavals all around them.

海湾国家的独裁者们——尤其沙特国王——对周边国家的民主剧变不以为然。