But the canal is also heavily opposed by many outside powers, most notably and obviously Russia.

但这条运河也遭到许多外部大国的强烈反对，其中反对意向最强烈的就是俄罗斯。

All of her borders were arbitrarily drawn up by outside foreign powers more than a century ago.

她的所有边界都是一个多世纪前由外国势力任意划定的。

The problem is people breathing in the fumes of cooking fires in smoky homes or the soot from coal-fired power plants outside.

最大的问题是人们在室内吸入厨房油烟，而在室外吸入煤炭电力带来的烟尘。

OK, so what does all of this mean for President Hassan Rouhani, the man who made the nuclear deal with outside powers in recent months?

伊朗总统哈桑·鲁哈尼几个月前和世界大国签订了核协议，那这些对他来说意味着什么？

America's home economy, largely based around fossil fuels as an energy source, was vulnerable to being attacked by outside powers who controlled most of the world's supply.

美国的本土经济主要以化石燃料为能源，很容易受到控制世界大部分能源供应的外部力量的攻击。

First of all, the strategic location of Venice on an island in the center of a lagoon has long offered its security and protection from outside powers.

首先，威尼斯位于泻湖中心岛屿上的战略位置长期以来一直为其提供了安全和保护，免受外部势力的影响。

He would also be freer than ever to do his worst against his own people, certain that no outside power was about to step in to protect them.

他也可以比过去更自由地对其人民为所欲为，因为他很确定将不会有外部力量干预进来保护其人民。

The rebel Free Syrian Army has also said it will not recognize Mr Hitto, because it said, he was not elected by consensus but imposed by outside powers.

叛军“自由叙利亚军”称将不认可希托，但表示希托并不是通过一致同意当选的，而是有外界力量的作用。

Despite the huge glut of guns available to American citizens, the truth is that there would be no major resupply effort courtesy of an outside power.

尽管美国公民可以使用的枪支供过于求，但事实是，外部力量不会提供大规模的补给。

And over time the weak physical geography of Poland led to almost constant attacks from strong outside powers who combined their forces to overwhelm Poland and her weak natural defenses.

随着时间的推移，波兰脆弱的自然地理条件导致外来强国的不断攻击，他们联合起来压倒了波兰和她脆弱的自然防御。

In short, the Nile River creates the largest and richest Oasis found anywhere in the world through Egypt and this Oasis is very difficult for any outside power to break into.

总之，尼罗河通过埃及创造了世界上最大、最富饶的绿洲，任何外部力量都很难打入这片绿洲。

Things were also different politically because the dudes who'd been the tribal chiefs became like full-blown kings, who tried to extend their power outside of cities and also tried to pass on their power to their sons.

政治也完全不一样了，本来的部族首领出来了全面的国王，他们试图把权力延伸到城市之外，另外也像把权力传给自己的儿子们。

They formed part of fluid international networks with Russian and western European artists; but they also drew on Ukrainian traditions of folk and decorative arts that had endured under rule by the tsars and other outside powers.

他们与俄罗斯和西欧艺术家形成了流动的国际网络的一部分；但他们也借鉴了在沙皇和其他外部势力统治下经久不衰的乌克兰民间和装饰艺术传统。