political opponent

基本解释

The system of the empire, attached to every body, is like a great soul. You can swamp a strong political opponent, but you can never win over the whole system.
帝国的体制就是一个巨大的阴魂，它攀附在每个人的身上，你可以击溃一个政敌，却永远不可能战胜体制。
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I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.
我想让你们知道，我不会在此次竞选中倚老卖老，不会利用对手的年轻和缺乏经验来达到自己的政治目的。
However, the social-political context in China do not allow an opponent party wherever she locate her focuses, CGP hence confront severer challenges to call for more space of growth.
中国国内社政环境对中绿发展不容乐观，为赢得足够的成长空间需要中绿面临严峻的挑战。
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Lincoln welcomed his old political opponent.
When our political opponent is being ironic about our views we understand the irony perfectly well. We're used to it, we have accommodated ourselves to it, and of course it's the same in reverse.
当政敌讽刺我们的观点,我们能够充分的理解这个讽刺，我们已经习惯这点了,是我们使自己习惯这点的，当然，反之亦然。
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