It is easy to mock the pretensions of the authorities in brussels .

要嘲笑布鲁塞尔当局的自大并不难。

A functioning electricity supply is essential for any economy , especially one with india 's growth pretensions .

正常的电力供应对任何经济体来说都至关重要，对印度这个渴望增长的国家来说就更是如此。

It is also because the uk 's pretensions to great power status will become ever more absurd as the populous emerging countries rise .

同时也是因为，随着人口众多的新兴大国的崛起，英国成为强国的诉求将变得越来越可笑。

Most european nations are now embarking on budget cuts , further undermining pretensions to a separate european policy .

大部分欧洲国家如今着手削减预算，进一步损害了建立独立欧洲政策的主张。

Europe has all but abandoned its global pretensions to the struggle to save the euro .

欧洲正为拯救欧元而挣扎，基本上放弃了全球雄心。