Nobody dislikes the idea of better American relations with Russia: it gives us breathing space, says a senior politician in the region.

所有人都希望美国与俄罗斯能改善关系，因为这能给我们喘息的空间。 一位资深政客如此说道。

In a further sign of anger at India's elite, a senior politician seeking to attend the funeral of a commander killed in the fighting was refused permission by the commander's father.

印度突击队愤怒的另一个表现是，一位高级政客想参加一位在战斗中牺牲的指挥官的葬礼，却被这位指挥官的父亲拒绝。

“If we don’t succeed in restoring sound fundamentals in most of the euro zone, this crisis will come back,” admits a senior European politician.

“如果我们不能成功地恢复大多数欧元区的基本元素的健康，危机将还会出现”一位高级欧洲官员承认道。

"If we don't succeed in restoring sound fundamentals in most of the euro zone, this crisis will come back," admits a senior European politician.

“如果我们不能成功地恢复大多数欧元区的基本元素的健康，危机将还会出现”一位高级欧洲官员承认道。

But his analysis is echoed by a senior Conservative politician, who recalls when judges were seen as "lions under the throne" : upholders of the system.

但他的分析得到了资深保守派官员的响应，这位官员回忆起当年，法官被称作“王座下的狮子”：体制的维系者。

On this occasion, however, the senior Tory politician was shocked when his younger guest pointedly refused to take his hand.

可是年纪在他之下的客人却二话不说，拒绝握手，这不免让这位资历深厚的保守党人心头一震。

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a senior Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's Movement for Justice Party.

在巴基斯坦，数百人参加了伊姆兰·罕的正义运动党一名资深政客的葬礼。

Others have a different sense of the prime minister’s single-mindedness. “He is a man on a mission, ” says a senior Israeli politician.

其他人对Netanyahu的一心一意有其他理解，以色列一个高级官员称他是一个负担使命的人，在他眼里，他的使命就是将以色列从伊朗的核武器中解救出来。

This official complex is a neglected setting that expresses to perfection the indifference with which senior civil servants regard the chief politician of the day.

这句话什么意思？是说这个办公大楼被人忽视，表达了高级公务员要更加冷漠地对待现今的主要政客？