the trouble is that britishness is hard to define—especially since devolution has encouraged the scots, welsh and even english to prefer their more specific identities—and even harder to inculcate
问题是,很难给「英国性」下一个定义——尤其是权力下放鼓励了苏格兰,威尔士,甚至英格兰去寻求它们自己更加独特的身份特征后——要想灌输这种「英国性」就更难了。
mr rajapakse, however, has proposed as his solution a modest devolution at the village level.
然而,rajapakse先生却把权力下放到村庄一级作为他的解决方案。
a system of devolution exists but has not been implemented.
这是一项转换体系,但至今还未实施。
above all, the british government, with the backing of america and ireland, wants to complete devolution by giving the northern ireland administration power over policing and justice.
首先,英国政府在美国和爱尔兰的支持下,希望通过赋予北爱尔兰当局治安权和司法权来完成权力下放。
the secret of this success has been extreme fiscal restraint, despite an expensive devolution of power.
这一成功的秘诀向来是极端的财政紧缩,尽管这意味着代价高昂的放权。
it was accelerated by a process of devolution introduced by mr musharraf, which put the district under elected mayors, not bureaucrats.
由于穆沙拉夫引起的权力移交,行政力的削弱被加速了,使得行政区被民选市长而非官员控制。
this is part of what mr brown calls 「realignment」, a devolution from centralised to local power.
这就是被布朗称作「改革重组」的一部分,一种由中央控制向地方权力的转移。
and a politically important devolution of power and resources has worsened an old problem: that indonesian governments lack the capacity to spend money as fast as they should.
在政治上很重要的权力和资源的转移让一个老问题恶化:印尼政府不能及时进行支出。
yet spain’s fiscal devolution means taxes are nonetheless being raised across much of the country.
西班牙的财政权力下放还意味着在国家的大部分区域里税收仍然被提高。
elsewhere, devolution has had some successes.
在其它地方,权力下放已颇有成效。
the devolution of power over transport could also see cities arranging joint public-private deals to connect each other through high-speed rail lines.
交通运输的权力下放也能看到城市安排联合的公私交易,以便通过高速路线来连接彼此。
it retains a presidential system, though with stronger checks and balances, plus a measure of devolution to 47 new counties.
新宪制保留了总统制,同时以严厉的监督和平衡的保证为前提,还添加了针对47个新郡县转移的政策。
that sets up a potential conflict with the centralist-minded pp, although that party has been known to soften its opposition to devolution when political expediency required.
这可能会与偏向中央的人民党发生潜在的摩擦,尽管人民党在政治私利所需时,也会缓和对权力移交的反对。
tamil demands for equality and for a real devolution of power in the north and east are far from unreasonable.
塔米尔人要求在北部和东部地区得到平等的地位和真实的放权,这些要求远不为过。
this devolution of power will protect the interests of the smaller ethnic groups while assuring accountability for the larger ones.
权力下放在保证人数众多民族权益的同时也能顾全好各少数民族的利益。