在舞台上

At this stage of geopolitical history it is clear that our illusion about the virtue of our Post-Democratic condition should be finally over; that it is a pastiche of Democracy, the power of a small oligarchy that detains power, eluding its responsibilities.

在这个地缘政治历史的舞台上，很清楚地显示出：我们对后民主状态的幻想将最终幻灭，它将是一个大杂烩式的民主，小小的寡头政治据有权力却回避着责任。

It is rether a relief and disburthening of the mind; it seems to have been a holiday time with us then; we were not called to appear upon the stage of life, to wear robes or tatters, to laugh or cry, be hooted or applauded; we had lain perdu all this while, snug out of harm's way; and had slept out our thousands of centuries without wanting to be waked up; at peace and free from care, in a long nonage, in a sleep deeper and calmer than that of infancy, wrapped in the softest and finest dust.

我们仿佛在度假一般：我们没有被传唤至人生的舞台上，穿着华丽的衣服或破旧的衣衫，大笑不止或痛哭流涕，被人训斥或者赞美；然而对此，我们却隐藏了许久，安详悠闲，而远离伤害；我们仿佛沉睡了千百个世纪而不愿被人唤醒；安逸而无忧虑，总处于孩童时期；而且比婴儿睡得还要深沉，还要平静，被裹挟于最轻柔、最细密的灰尘之中。

It is rather a relief and disburdening of the mind; it seems to have been a holiday time with us then: we were not called to appear upon the stage of life, to wear robes or tatters, to laugh or cry, be hooted or applauded; we had lain perdu all this while, sung out of harm's way; and had slept out our thousands of centuries without wanting to be waked up; at peace and free from care, in a long nonage, in a sleep deeper and calmer than that of infancy, wrapped in the softest and finest dust.

我们仿佛在度假一般：我们没有被传唤至人生的舞台上，穿着华丽的衣服或破旧的衣衫，大笑不止或痛哭流涕，被人训斥或者赞美；然而对此，我们却隐藏了好久，安闲悠闲，而远离伤害；我们仿佛沉睡了千百个世纪而不愿被人唤醒；安逸而无忧虑，总处于孩童时期；而且比婴儿睡得还要深沉，还要平静，被裹挟与最轻柔、最细密的灰尘之中。

He is too earnest in a political culture that is pervasively cynical.

在人情淡薄的政治舞台上，他显得过于认真。

During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared.

当我在钢琴独奏会的舞台上，我很害怕。

The development or retrogress of Sino-Japan relation can determine the circumstance in northeast Asia and the whole world to some extent.

中日关系是国际关系中的重要组成部分。在国际政治舞台上，中国和日本始终扮演着重要角色。

On some occasions, they even invite some audience members for a short role-play on stage.

在某些情况下，他们甚至邀请一些观众很短的角色扮演舞台上。

In all these paintings, the focus is on the role-playing of people with different identities on the political stage.

在这些画面中，突现的同样也是政治舞台上，不同身份人物的角色扮演。

Since 1991, he is active on the Serbian political scene as a member of Socialist Party of Serbia.

1991年以来，他作为塞尔维亚社会党的一员，活跃在塞尔维亚政治舞台上。

Many middle-aged contestants, though looking far from Monroe's likeness, appeared confidently on the stage, imitating the classic air vent scene from the movie "The Seven-Year Itch."

一群阿姨虽然长相和梦露相去甚远，但依然自信地站到了舞台上，模仿梦露在电影《七年之痒》中裙子被风吹起的经典造型。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。