rich and powerful people

基本解释

This is a rich and powerful people of the world, and a materialistic times!
这是一个有钱有势的人的世界，一个物欲横流的时代！
The only people who could read and write were rich and powerful people, and monks, and society was organized in a feudal system.
那时侯会读会写的都是有钱有势的人以及憎侣，社会结构是建立在封建制度之上的。
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This is because it is the rich and powerful people in our society who are able to impose changes(such as in working conditions or property developments ) that are in their own interests.
这是因为它是富人和有权势的人在我们的社会中，谁能够强加自己的利益的变化（如工作条件或物业发展项目）。

However, social outrage over a rising class of uninsurables may make the government an insurer of last resort—particularly, as Dr Cecchetti observes, when some rich and powerful people discover that they, too, are not immune from the genetic lottery.
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Dilbertia is a rich and powerful country, where people are extremely productive.
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