Now, the interesting thing about Gilead's theocracy is that it uses religion to oppress women.

基列神权政治的有趣之处在于它利用宗教来压迫妇女。

Iran is considered an Islamic republic or a theocracy, meaning that a religious figure runs the country.

伊朗被认为是一个伊斯兰共和国或神权国家，这意味着由一位宗教人士管理国家。

Clearly one does not disagree with the divine rights of the leader of a theocracy.

显然， 人们并不反对神权政治领袖的神圣权利。

They really take offense at the notion that they are advocating some kind of theocracy.

他们确实对自己鼓吹某种神权政治的观念感到愤怒。

I mean admittedly here in the West we are fortunate enough that we don't live under a dictatorship, and we don't live under a theocracy.

我的意思是，诚然，在西方这里，我们很幸运，我们没有生活在独裁统治下，也没有生活在神权统治下。

But the fatwa had global consequences, making clear that the anti-blasphemy laws of a reactionary theocracy could be enforced by volunteer assassins anywhere on the planet.

但该追杀令产生了全球影响，明确表明反动神权国家的反亵渎法可以由地球上任何地方的志愿刺客执行。

The city's mayor, Ron Huldai, went so far as to tell a television interviewer in early December that the country was shifting " from a democracy to a theocracy."

12 月初，该市市长罗恩·胡尔代甚至在接受电视采访时表示，该国正在“从民主国家转向神权国家”。

As the protests have broadened to a general protest against Iran's strict Muslim theocracy, the reaction from Iran security forces has been more and more harsh.

随着抗议活动规模的扩大，抗议者开始抗议伊朗严苛的穆斯林神权统治，伊朗安全部队的回击也越来越残酷。

Mr Gingeras sets out the broad context: the rise of Europe's colonising democracies-largely liberal at home but prone to heavy-handed imperialism abroad-at the expense of traditional theocracies, organised around fealty to a sovereign whose power was more than symbolic.

金格拉斯阐述了大背景：欧洲殖民民主国家的崛起--在国内基本上是自由主义，但在国外倾向于高压帝国主义--以牺牲传统神权政体为代价，这些政体是围绕着对一个君主的效忠而建立的，君主的权力不止具有象征意义。

The notion of this strange culture pocket, hidden amongst unknown ranges, and ruled over by some vague kind of theocracy, interested him as a student of history, apart from the curious though perhaps related secrets of the lamasery.

这个奇怪的文化口袋的概念，隐藏在未知的范围内，并由某种模糊的神权政治统治，除了喇嘛寺的奇怪但可能相关的秘密之外，作为历史学生的他很感兴趣。