In 1882 the first permanent commercial central power system became operative in Lower Manhattan.

1882 年，第一个永久性商业中央电力系统在曼哈顿下城投入使用。

The president has asked parliament to give the central bank power to split the banks in two.

总统要求议会给中央银行权力将两家银行的资产一分为二。

Good. The Niagara Falls Power Company is inviting bids for the new Niagara Falls central power station.

好 尼亚加拉瀑布电力公司正在为新尼亚加拉瀑布中央电站招标。

Fratricidal disputes over succession began to erode central power as increasingly independent cities ruled by rival princes vied for control.

兄弟间争夺继承权的斗争使中央集权逐渐瓦解王子争夺着不同城市的统治权。

You know, if you could help me raise money to install a central power station, there'd be no need to have a generator in your basement.

如果你能帮我筹钱建立一座中央发电站 地下室的发电机就没必要了。

Morgan and Edison get right to work, transforming a building in Lower Manhattan into the world's first central power station, a high-tech wonder filled with massive generators capable of lighting thousands of homes.

摩根和爱迪生立刻开始行动 将曼哈顿下城的一座建筑改造成世界第一座中央发电站 这是一项充满发电机的高科技奇迹 能够为数以千计的家庭提供照明。

This is something they've invested in heavily to power installations—both in the United States and also in foreign areas where they may not have a reliable central power grid that they can count on.

这是他们在电力设施上投入的重金——不仅是在美国，也在国外那些他们可能没有可靠的中央电网可以依靠的地方。