1·Some scholars argue that the concentration of water within the urban core of these sites provided a centralized source of political authority for Maya elites based largely on controlled water access.
一些学者认为，集中在这些地点的城市核心区的水资源为玛雅精英提供了一个集中的政治权力来源，而这些权力主要是基于对水资源的控制。
2·And it increases the role of these economic elites or their concern with maintaining their privileges against threats to their privileges and to their prosperity no matter where they come from.
这在提高了经济精英的地位的同时，也使他们更担心如何保持他们的特权，以及如何对抗对他们特权和繁荣的威胁，无论威胁来自何方？
3·Perhaps I'm flattering myself (and you) but I think almost everyone who reads blogs like this one is part of the elites.
也许我在奉承自己（和你）但我想任何读像这样的博客的人或多或少地都是精英。
4·Arab elites came to view him as a loose cannon and a dangerous crank.
阿拉伯的精英逐渐把他看成一个大炮简子和危险的怪人。
5·It is possible, however, that education reinforces authority and the power of ruling elites; indeed, it may often be designed to do precisely this.
但是，教育增强了权威和管理精英的力量是可能的，事实上，教育可能经常被设计去这样做。