In 1882 the first permanent commercial central power system became operative in Lower Manhattan.

1882 年，第一个永久性商业中央电力系统在曼哈顿下城投入使用。

With the Central Powers facing collapse, the Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies at Mudros.

同盟势力的瓦解让奥斯曼土耳其与协约在Mudros签了一份停战协议。

The president has asked parliament to give the central bank power to split the banks in two.

总统要求议会给中央银行权力将两家银行的资产一分为二。

Good. The Niagara Falls Power Company is inviting bids for the new Niagara Falls central power station.

好 尼亚加拉瀑布电力公司正在为新尼亚加拉瀑布中央电站招标。

Fratricidal disputes over succession began to erode central power as increasingly independent cities ruled by rival princes vied for control.

兄弟间争夺继承权的斗争使中央集权逐渐瓦解王子争夺着不同城市的统治权。

The Central Powers -- led by Germany -- had lost. The Allies -- led by Britain, France and the United States -- had won.

以德国为首的中央大国已经失败，而以英、法、美为首的盟国赢得了胜利。

Russia and the Central Powers led by Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

俄罗斯与以德国为首的同盟国签署了《布列斯特条约》。

You know, if you could help me raise money to install a central power station, there'd be no need to have a generator in your basement.

如果你能帮我筹钱建立一座中央发电站 地下室的发电机就没必要了。

Some Americans had family roots in Germany. They supported the Central Powers. A greater number of Americans had family roots in Britain or France. They supported the Allies.

一些美国人在德国有家室，他们支持中央政权。更多的美国人在英国或法国拥有家庭背景，他们则支持盟军。

Then came World War One. It was like a sharp needle that bursts a balloon. The United States and the Allies won the war against Germany and the Central Powers.

随后爆发了第一次世界大战，它就像一根锋利的针扎破气球一样。美国和盟国赢得了对抗德国和中央大国的战争。

After three years of fighting, Europe's lands were filled with the sights and sounds of death. But still, the armies of the Allies and the Central Powers continued to fight.

经过三年的战斗，欧洲的土地上到处都是死亡的景象和声音。但盟军和中央大国的军队仍在继续战斗。

Morgan and Edison get right to work, transforming a building in Lower Manhattan into the world's first central power station, a high-tech wonder filled with massive generators capable of lighting thousands of homes.

摩根和爱迪生立刻开始行动 将曼哈顿下城的一座建筑改造成世界第一座中央发电站 这是一项充满发电机的高科技奇迹 能够为数以千计的家庭提供照明。

This is something they've invested in heavily to power installations—both in the United States and also in foreign areas where they may not have a reliable central power grid that they can count on.

这是他们在电力设施上投入的重金——不仅是在美国，也在国外那些他们可能没有可靠的中央电网可以依靠的地方。

The war had broken out in August 1914 as the Allied powers of Britain, France, and Russia clashed with the Central Powers of Austria-Hungary and Germany on several fronts.

战争于 1914 年 8 月爆发，英国、法国和俄罗斯等同盟国与奥匈帝国和德国等同盟国在多条战线上发生冲突。

To these notes the Central Powers replied that they were ready to meet their antagonists in a peace conference;and Allied Powers answered by presenting certain conditions precedent to a satisfactory settlement.

对这些照会， 同盟国回答说他们准备在和平会议上与他们的对手会面； 而同盟国则提出了一些令人满意的解决方案的先决条件。

When the first World War broke out in 1914, the  Ottoman Empire would side with the Central Powers; many historians agree this was the  final event that leads to its downfall.

1914 年第一次世界大战爆发时， 奥斯曼帝国站在同盟国一边；许多历史学家认为这是导致其垮台的最后一个事件。

The fighting between the Russian Empire and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front displaced millions of Jews from the Pale, and Golda joined her father in raising funds to support Jewish refugees.

俄罗斯帝国与德国和奥匈帝国等同盟国在东线的战斗导致数百万犹太人从帕莱地区流离失所，戈尔达和她的父亲一起筹集资金来支持犹太难民。