1. However well they are policed, major protests reinforce the impression of indifferent elites, repression of debate, overreaction to dissent, injustice and unaccountable power. 不管他们管理得有多好，重大抗议活动都会加深人们对冷漠的精英阶层、对辩论的压制、对异见的过度反应、不公正和不负责任的权力的印象。
2. Some scholars argue that the concentration of water within the urban core of these sites provided a centralized source of political authority for Maya elites based largely on controlled water access. 一些学者认为，集中在这些地点的城市核心区的水资源为玛雅精英提供了一个集中的政治权力来源，而这些权力主要是基于对水资源的控制。
3. They would have local people, sort of higher class and local elites bid for the right to collect local taxes, and so the Romans would take the highest bid. 他们安排当地人，算是上层阶级和本地精英，竞拍当地收税权，这样罗马总是能获得最高竞价。
4. Elites have fed this mass perception. 掌权者助长了这一普遍看法。
5. Change and continuity when new elites win power. 当新的精英赢得权利时的变动和一贯性。
