1.But Sun knew from the start that he would not be able to retain power when confronted by Yuan and stepped down voluntarily on April 1st.
但是，孙中山从一开始就很清楚，在袁世凯的限制下，他不可能再拥有实权。四月一日，他自愿辞职。
2.Rumours are rife of a lingering conspiracy to retain power in the hands of the old elite, despite promises of democracy.
到处充斥著谣言，权力保留在旧政府精英手里的阴谋一直持续存在，尽管他们承诺实施民主。
3.For similar reasons, Uruguay's ruling left-of-centre coalition looks set to retain power in an electoral contest this autumn.
同样的原因，在今年秋天的选举角逐中，乌拉圭的中左派联合政府似乎也胜利在握。
4.Similarly, in Panama the ruling centre-left Party of the Democratic Revolution should retain power.
同样，在巴拿马的统治党中左“民主革命党”也将继续执政。
5.The death of Kim Jong Il thrusts his family and North Korea's ruling elite into a difficult bid to retain power.
金正日（KimJongIl）去世使金氏家族和朝鲜的统治精英不得不开始艰难的争夺权力的进程。
6.Colonel Qaddafi's 18, 000-strong air force, with its 13 bases, is critical in his bid to retain power.
卡扎菲上校拥有13个空军基地，18,000人的空军精锐，是他保持政权的关键底牌。
7.You have to be astute enough to avoid being thought to have those evil qualities that would make it impossible for you to retain power;
你必须小心，避免让人们认为你具有那些会使你无法保住权力的恶劣品质；
8.The brutal reality is that whatever else a leader must do, a leader must gain, exercise and retain power.
残酷的现实是，不管一个领导者必须做什么，他必须首先取得、行使并拥有权力。
9.Mr Putin needs to retain power after his second term expires next March, but at the same time to preserve legitimacy.
普京先生需要在明年3月第二个任期到期之后还保留统治权，但与此同时让这种方式的权力具有其合理性。
10.They have never encouraged or supported them because they want to retain power and control in that very lop-sided , unhealthy relationship.
他们从未支持或鼓励过孩子，因为他们只想保留住这种让孩子承欢膝下不健康的权力。