claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
1. stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure2. makeshift plan3. interim step
1. obsessed by a craving for power2. power-hungry
to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
1. democracy2. civil liberties3. principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
1. diplomatic immunity2. (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of a foreigner to live in China outside Chinese jurisdiction
all rights reserved (copyright statement)
1. life-and-death power2. ultimate power
intellectual property rights (law)
1. the right to be elected2. the right to stand for election
to adapt to circumstances
杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán 1. to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups2. cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
世界人权宣言 世界人權宣言 shì jiè rén quán xuān yán Universal Declaration of Human Rights
世界知识产权组织 世界知識產權組織 shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī World Intellectual Property Organization
Megrez; Delta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
(computing) to escalate privileges
1. extent of one's rights2. limits of one's authority
1. Game of Thrones (TV series)2. abbr. for 权力的游戏[quán lì de yóu xì]
to abuse one's authority; to misuse power
1. to usurp authority2. to hold power improperly
1. (literary) to act expediently2. (finance) to exercise an option
(computing) authentication
1. (law) absolute rights2. erga omnes rights
(law) rightholder; party entitled to a legal right (e.g. to property, copyright etc)
the fourth estate; the press
1. discretion2. discretionary power
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
1. a human rights activist2. a fighter for human rights
to abuse power to crush the law
separation of powers for checks and balances
1. scope of authority2. mandate
to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
政权真空 政權真空 zhèng quán zhēn kōng 1. power vacuum2. political vacuum