Cuba, they say, has the potential to be a basketball powerhouse.

球员们表示古巴有着成为篮球强国潜力。

Banks in strong countries are lending less across borders.

济强国银行向国外贷款数目减少了。

That was it for Britain and France as first-rank world powers.

英国和法国作为一级世界强国历史到此结束。

Moreover, China's bid to become a global semiconductor powerhouse is propitiously timed.

此外，中国成为全球半导体强国努力可谓恰逢其时。

It's an insanely large web of track that's helped ignite an economic powerhouse.

这是一张巨大铁路网络，它助推了一个济强国腾飞。

Lenders in weak countries pay more to borrow than banks in strong ones.

在济弱国贷款要给利率比在济强国银行贷款更高。

Maybe. But America's clashes with these powers came when its own economy was growing.

事实或许如此。但美国与这些强国冲突都是在国内济改善之时出现。

Over the centuries we have fought to prevent Europe from falling under the dominance of a single power.

数百年来，我们一直努力欧洲陷于单一强国统治。

In the 21st century, China's re-emergence as a world power is changing the face of international relations.

在21世纪, 中国作为世界强国重新崛起正改变着国际关系面貌。

Narang says Modi's speech about India as a space power will burnish his reputation as strong on defense.

纳兰表示，莫迪称印度成为太空强国讲话将提升他在强化国防方面声望。

One of the world's major winter sports powers is out.

世界冰雪运动强国之一俄罗斯被禁赛。

It occasionally grows at the kind of pace that propelled China to the status of economic superpower.

中国在高速发展下取得了济强国地位，而印度偶尔也能达到类似增长速度。

So, a military buildup in the Black Sea is like an international show of power.

因此黑海军事力量建设就像展现国际强国角力舞台一样。

But, in fact, he has been steadily building alliances in areas where Western powers struggled.

但是，实际上，他一直稳步地在西方强国争取地区建立联盟。

At the time, they were one of the ancient world's great powers.

当时，他们是古代世界强国之一。

And strongmen consolidating powering countries like Turkey and Hungary.

强人们正在巩固像土耳其和匈牙利这样强国。

The first is the continuation of Rome as a power in the world.

首先是罗马作为世界强国延续。

He stressed that the country's children today are a new force for building China into a great modern socialist country.

他强调，当代中国儿童是建设社会主义现代化强国新生力量。

It aims to achieve the goal of building a leading nation in education by 2035.

到2035年，实现建设教育强国目标。

Britain wants to maintain its position as a world power.

【maintain】英国想保持其世界强国地位。