But they tried to do that only when they needed to do so to keep their absolute control.

不过他们只有需要保持绝对权力时,才会这么做。

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How is this determined? And Hobbes makes clear that the sovereign is not invested with the authority to exercise a kind of absolute control over everything that people do.

它是怎么确定的呢,霍布斯阐释说,君主并非要用自己的权力,对人民做的所有事情都拥有绝对的控制。

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