But others praised the work for its political message and modernity.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Thomas Hobbes was the author of the first and, I believe, undoubtedly the greatest, work of political theory written in the English language.

托马斯·霍布斯是第一部，我相信，毫无疑问也是最伟大的一部，用英语写成的,政治学著作的作者。

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There is, in other words, a kind of a transformative view of reason and knowledge and science, political science, civil science, running throughout Hobbes' work.

换句话说，有一种看待理性的变革性的视角,知识，科学，政治科学，民间科学，都贯穿于霍布斯的作品之中。

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"Organizations that work on controversial issues or that are affiliated with political opposition have more trouble with the authorities,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

And what he does and what his work does is basically explain why people choose to back one political party versus the other; why they choose to live one kind of life versus the other.

他的工作和作品的贡献在于解释了,人们为什么会选择一个党派反对另一个;,为什么会选择一种生活方式摒弃另一种。

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Gibbs also said that Vice President Joe Biden will lead the administration's Iraq policy and work with the Iraqis to help them bridge their political differences.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

Rather the great works provide us so to speak with a repository of fundamental or permanent questions that political scientists still continue to rely on in their work.

而不是靠巨著来回答,这么来说吧，大量基本或永恒的问题,同时也是政治科学家,仍持续在其著作中所倚赖的根本。

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The study suggests that the Obama administration work with Middle Eastern allies to repeal laws that restrict citizen freedoms, hinder political activities or suppress freedom of expression and assembly.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

It is affection loyalty and friendship that make up a regime. This sort of thing he says this political partnership is the work of affection philia is his word is the work of affection.

正是感情，忠诚及友情,构建出一个政体，他说,这类的情感，这种政治合作关系是感情的杰作,他用了，Philia，这个字，感情的杰作。

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He says it is critical to address the immediate needs of the Tamil people, to work for reintegration and reconstruction of the society and to achieve a sustainable and equitable political solution.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

"In bureaucratic terms it's going well." "The committees are working as along as the chapters are opened technocrats on both sides work very well, but in political terms, its idle,it is not going anywhere."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"It is time for Democrats to put away the political playbook and simply say publicly what they are suggesting privately: that this bill still needs some work, that both parties should come together to do that work on behalf of the American people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.24

Shops are open; people are at work. But many Poles are also asking questions such as why so many of the country's political leaders were traveling on one plane and why, if as Russian authorities say, the pilot ignored warnings against trying to land in poor weather conditions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12