If it slips into a more authoritarian nationalism, he will be the man who snuffed out Russia's attempt to escape its autocratic traditions.
如果俄罗斯滑向更为威权的民族主义境地，他将是扼杀俄罗斯为挣脱独裁传统所作努力的人。Others took the former ambassador's point, and supported him. "Isn't it a good thing to take down China's autocracy? " asked one.
其他人则接受了这位前大使的看法并对他表示支持。一个人反问道：“将中国的威权进行变革难道不好吗？”But authoritarian nationalism, backed by massive foreign reserves, may turn out to be simply a phase on the long march to liberal democracy.
但是，在通向自由民主的漫漫征途中，得到巨额外汇储备支持的威权民族主义也许不过是其中的一个阶段。By contrast, China's size, economic success and authoritarian ideology combine to make it a formidable challenger to the US.
相比之下，中国的规模、经济成就和威权意识形态结合在一起，使中国成为美国的强大挑战者。It had, however unconvincingly, appropriated the reform discourse of the opposition and shifted to a subtler, neo-authoritarian mode.
然而勉强有挪用反对派的改革话语，放入到一个微妙的新威权模式里。It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
对威权异议或者表达我个人的观点，对我而言，这就是美国的价值。That's a big "if, " however. The long-term stability of a semi-capitalist state run by an authoritarian Communist Party is unclear.
这是个很夸张的“如果”，然而长期稳定对共产主义威权控制的半资本主义国家而言是不确定的。But he still arouses worries among businessmen and democrats that he would try to nudge Peru in a more authoritarian, populist direction.
但是他仍引起商人和民主人士的疑虑，他可能试图将秘鲁推向一个更威权、更民粹的方向。Wise to resign now than later otherwise it's just a matter of time that oppositions topple their government and label them as dictators.
（李光耀）现在辞职比以后下台民智。反对他的（威权）政府和被认定为独裁者只是个时间问题。