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The American president, despite appearances, has only limited power.美国总统尽管表面上很威风，实际上权力有限。She ought to be taken down a peg or two.应该煞煞她的威风了。They were doing that to take him down a peg or two.他们那样做是为了杀杀他的威风。He pulled his scientific authority on me.他对我大耍他那科学权威的威风。The once-powerful post unions have been cut down to size.一度强势的邮政联盟已经威风不再。Don't lord it over your friends.不要对你的朋友摆威风。They intend to pull him down a peg or two.他们想杀杀他的威风。She needs to be taken down a peg. 要杀一杀她的威风。In a few words she had put him in his place.她简单几句话就灭了他的威风。We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way.我们乐意看到她杀威风，但不是用这种方法。She needed to be brought down a peg or two.得杀杀她的威风才行。Evans is an arrogant bully who needs taking down a peg or two.埃文斯傲慢霸道，真该杀一下他的威风。As a political leader he was something of a spent force.作为一位政治领袖，他已威风不再。 |