单词hegemon
网络: 霸主；霸王；霸权国家
But the rules of that game will continue to be set by the entrenched hegemon for a long while to come.
但在将来很长时间内，游戏的规则将继续由现有霸权国家来制定。
However, when America thinks important interests are at stake, it still ignores the rules, just like the next hegemon.
然而，当美国认为其重要利益处于关键时刻，它仍然会忽视这些规则，就像另一个霸权。
In the Western hemisphere it has been a benign hegemon; in the wider world it has been either a leader or an adversary.
在西半球，它一直是一个善意的霸权（hegemon）；在全球，它要么是领袖，要么是对手。
Yet, as if to declare itself the world"s unrivalled hydro-hegemon, China is also the largest dam builder overseas.
然而，似乎是为了宣称自己是全球无与伦比的水电巨擘，中国也是在海外建设水坝数量最多的国家。
China"s rulers say they want economic development and a peaceful world in which no "hegemon" can throw its weight around.
中国的统治者说他们需要的是经济的发展和一个没有“霸权”的和平世界。
But currency politics is very, very powerful and is part of what has made the US a hegemon for so long, like Britain before it.
但货币政治非常非常强大，它是美国如此长久占据霸权地位的原因之一，就像美国之前的英国一样。
Yet Pax Niponica never got past the early 1990s; one former inevitable global hegemon has been downgraded to the sick man of Asia.
然而，日本霸权（PaxNiponica）从未跨越1990年代初，日本这个曾经不可避免的全球霸权国家已降级为“亚洲病夫”。
Below lies South Korea, which has 20 times the GDP of North Korea, twice its population, and a military alliance with the global hegemon.
南面有韩国--韩国GDP总量相当于朝鲜的20倍，人口总数达到朝鲜的两倍，并且背后有强大盟国的支持。
Back in 2000 the United States, the undisputed hegemon, was mainly at peace with the world.
时间倒回至2000年，美国这个无可争议的超级霸主与世界其他国家仍然处于和平状态。
Otherwise, China"s continuing rise may soon result in a classic rivalry between reigning hegemon and ascending challenger.
否则，中国的持续崛起或许不久就将导致在位的霸权与上升的挑战者之间爆发一场经典的对抗。