1. I went not into the forest to seek a
potentate; neither do I, at any future time, design a visit thither, with a view to gaining the favour of such personage.
我到树林里去，绝不是去找什么有权势的人，而且在将来的任何时刻，我也没有去那儿拜访、谋求这样一个人欢心的意图。
2. She was now one of a group of oriental beauties who, in the second act of the comic opera, were paraded by the vizier before the new
potentate as the treasures of his harem.
她这时在扮演一群东方美女中的一个。在这出喜歌剧的第二幕中，宫廷大臣让这群美女列队从新登基的国王面前走过，炫耀他的这群后宫宝贝。
3. It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the
potentate at whose frown the world trembles .
在人的一生中虚荣心影响之大怎么夸张也不过分。从三岁小孩到皱皱眉头就震动天下的当权者无一例外。
