The country suffered years of misrule under a weak king

该国因国王懦弱而长期混乱不治

There used to be a swarm of these small apparitions, in holiday time; and we called them children of the Lord of Misrule . But how gat such a guest into my hall?

那时候,每逢节日,常有成群的这种小精灵,我们都把他们叫作司戏者的孩子。可这样一位客人怎么会跑到我的大厅里来了?“

A small band of us had got together and made up our minds that we could no longer put up with the misrule from which we were suffering

我们有一小伙人聚在一起，决心再不忍受我们所遭受的苛政了。

||1: Both see bleak views ahead. ||2: Ms Shevtsova believes that the elite’s misrule is demoralising society and could “bring Russia down in flames”; Sir Andrew says that the “smell of danger is in the air”. ||3: Their joint conclusion likens Russia to a theatre: the play is over but the actors will not leave the stage and keep trying to win attention for what has become a plotless rigmarole; the audience feels trapped, bored and frustrated.

||1:双方都看到了前面的问题。||2:谢夫索娃相信上层的暴政正在打击社会士气并可能“带领俄罗斯走向灭亡”；安德鲁则说“空气中有一股危险的气味”。||3:他们共同的结论是把俄罗斯比作一个戏剧：戏剧已经结束，但是演员们不愿离开舞台，并试图为没有情节、冗长的内容赢得关注；观众则感到收困、厌倦、沮丧。

||On other issues Mr Ivanishvili has been full of spleen about misrule , but hazy about what he would do differently.|| He has promised that he will be prime minister for no more than two years. Some doubt his coalition, of liberals, nationalists and eccentrics, will stay together once the euphoria of victory has passed. David Usupashvili, head of the Republican Party, says that Mr Ivanishvili’s business success shows he has the “ability necessary for a leader”. Such wealth “cannot be assembled by an unwise person”.

||1:在其他问题上，伊万尼舍维里一直对暴政深恶痛绝，但是他却不太清楚如何做得与众不同。||||2:他承诺他只担任两年的总理。||3:一些人担心一旦胜利的喜悦过后，他领导的由自由主义者、爱国主义者和怪人组成的联合政党会不会保持团结。||4:共和党领导大卫·乌苏帕什维利认为伊万尼舍维里的商业成功表明他具备“一个领导所需的能力”。||5:不明智的人是无法积累如此多的财富的。

“We are working,” promises Mr Maduro, as he tosses the ball back to his partner in misrule .

Maduro先生边把球投向他施行暴政的伙伴，一边回应道：“我们正在玩就是即大众又保健的游戏。”

The regime suffers none of the consequences of its misrule

朝鲜政权没有受到暴政所带来的恶果

“The Misrule of Law: Land and Usurpation in Brazil. ” Comparative Studies in Society and History 33 (4) (October 1991): 695-725.

〈律法混乱：巴西的土地和侵占〉《社会历史比较研究》33（4）（1991十月），第695-725页。

But corruption, unemployment and misrule have worsened.

但马其顿的贪污、失业和暴政每况愈下。

Of course, it is a shame that both politicians are massively compromised: by allegations of corruption, brutishness and former misrule .

当然，两党领导人如此肆意地妥协简直就是羞耻：对腐败行为、残暴行为以及过去的错误执政进行辩解。

Much of the story is depressingly familiar: how Indian misrule and a rigged election provoked protests and then, from 1989, insurgency.

故事的大部分情节都熟悉得令人沮丧：印度如何施暴政、非法操纵选举、激起抗议，之后，自1989年起发生暴动。

A dozen years of PDP misrule has not destroyed their belief in democracy; many exude hope.

即使多年来他们被PDP误导着，这也没有摧毁他们对于民主的信仰；

It is a testimony to Mr Conte’s 24 years of misrule that the coup was greeted at the least with equanimity by most Guineans.

几内亚人对政变的最激烈态度也无非是泰然处之，这反衬出了孔戴24年的残暴统治。

A dubious offer, no doubt, for a country that has already lost three years to political turmoil and military misrule .

鉴于泰国已经三年深处政治混乱军队暴政不能自拔，这样的宣言委实无法相信。

At present the country has little commercial agriculture or logging because of the state of its infrastructure, ruined by war and misrule .

现在，这个国家由于战争和苛政破坏几乎没有商品性农业或采伐。

Some date the start of Mr Mugabe’s misrule to the emergence of his rival as the great independence hero of Africa.

一些人把穆加贝（Mugabe）的暴政开始时间定在他对手---伟大的非洲独立英雄，出现的时候。

It is not surprising that it took a man who might have walked off the pages of a Greene novel to end Colorado misrule .

因此这一次它选择了一位似乎是从Greene的小说中走出来的男人来结束Colorado的混乱统治也不奇怪。

Where were these people during the last eight years of Bush’s misrule ?

在布什滥政的8年间，他们都到哪去了？

the lord of misrule

n.主持圣诞节狂欢会的人

The abbot of Misrule

(指英国15-16世纪时) 圣诞节狂欢会的主持人