China’s adventurism and its blithe assumption that it can deal with any international dictator it wishes and disturb the delicate military balance in outer space is emblematic of something sinister and dangerous.

中国的冒险主义及其毫无顾及的假定可以任由其与国际上的独裁者来往并且破坏外层空间微妙的军事平衡表明了某些危险的东西。

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The obvious lesson to be drawn from 1979 is that America unwisely rested its entire strategic relationship with Iran on the shoulders of an unpopular dictator.

1979年带给我们的一个明显的教训是美国不明智地把它与伊朗的战略关系完全放在一个不受欢迎的独裁者身上。

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His novel Autumn of the Patriarch captures perfectly the moral squalor, political paralysis, and savage ennui that enshrouds a society awaiting the death of a long-term dictator.

他的小说《族长的秋天》完美地刻画了围裹着一个等待一位长期独裁者死亡的社会的道德贫困、政治麻痹和极度倦怠。

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In October, the Spanish parliament passed a Law on Historical Memory, which bans rallies and memorials celebrating the late dictator Francisco Franco.

10月，西班牙议会通过了《历史记忆法》，禁止举行纪念已故独裁者弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥的集会和纪念仪式。

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When the end comes, change in Cuba could be as vast as any that greeted the end of the last century’s great dictators.

当终结到来时，古巴发生的变化可能和上个世纪所有的大独裁者去世后所发生的一样巨大。

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