Buddhist religious and cultural pageants are never complete without the pachyderms .

若没有厚皮动物，佛教的宗教和文化盛会就不完整。

Surplus pachyderms impose a particular burden on the poor , trashing their crops and attacking water sources , children and old people .

大象过剩对生活贫困的人们构成了额外的负担，他们与人类争抢水源，袭击老人和儿童。

Nothing could break up a line of infantry or send horses into a panic faster than a charging pack of pachyderms .

没有什么比一群冲锋的厚皮动物更能攻破步兵的防线或者更快地使马陷入恐慌之中。

Despite the challenge from a newer generation , who are neither part of the mitterrand era nor graduates of france 's elite schools , these pachyderms seem as unwilling as ever to loosen their grip and take the party into the 21st century .

虽然有来自新一代的挑战（这一代人既不属于密特朗时代，也不是法国精英大学的毕业生），但党内的顽固派们似乎并不打算放松控制权，把社会党带入21世纪。