It is at this point that the people fail who separate mental power from personal action.

因此，很多人之所以会失败，就因为他们没能将自己的思想和行动统一起来。

Each section could focus on its job, and  separating power would prevent corruption.

每个部门都可以专注于自己的工作，权力分离可以防止腐败。

In their opinion the thirteen original states won their independence as separate and sovereign powers.

在他们看来，最初的十三个州作为独立的主权国家赢得了独立。

The turbines would supply energy to two separate power stations, each connecting to a series of cables spanning hundreds of kilometers.

涡轮机将为两个独立的发电站提供能量，每个发电站都连接到一系列跨越数百公里的电缆。

The Constitution was a " league of nations" formed by an alliance of thirteen separate powers, each one of which ratified the instrument before it was put into effect.

宪法是由十三个独立的权力联盟组成的“国家联盟” ，每个国家都在该文书生效之前批准了该文书。

This is confusing, but Native American - what we call reservations - their areas of land that they own have their own government that is sometimes separate from or has separate powers from the state government.

这令人困惑，但美洲原住民 - 我们称之为保留地 - 他们拥有的土地区域有自己的政府， 有时与州政府分开或拥有独立的权力。

Branches of Government Although it may seem commonplace to us today,   separating power within the government is a relatively new idea that took hold during  the Enlightenment with the help of a French philosopher known as Montesquieu.

4. 政府部门 尽管今天对我们来说这似乎很常见，但政府内部的权力分离是一个相对较新的想法，它是在启蒙运动期间在法国哲学家孟德斯鸠的帮助下流行起来的。