Whether shakedown or rough justice, the Ritz episode eliminated his chief political rivals and cemented his power.

无论丽思卡尔顿事件是勒索还是粗暴的审判，这一举动都一举铲除了王储的主要政治对手，又巩固了他的权力。

So if they are allowed to come to office, they will very likely do their damnedest to cement their power by fair means or foul.

所以一旦他们当权，他们极有可能竭尽全力乃至不择手段地巩固既得政权。

However, its conquest involved mass genocide of  the indigenous population and the destruction of entire civilizations such as the Mayans and Incas. While expanding its massive empire across the Atlantic, Ferdinand and Isabella  also cemented Spanish power in Europe.

然而，它的征服涉及对土著居民的大规模种族灭绝和对玛雅和印加等整个文明的破坏。费迪南德和伊莎贝拉在将其庞大的帝国扩张到大西洋彼岸的同时，还巩固了西班牙在欧洲的影响力。