hegemon

The alliance of city-states was the most important polity in classical world except for Polis. The alliance under a Hegemon was main type of the alliance in Classical Greece, such as Peloponnesian League, Delian League and the Second Athenian League.

在古代希腊，城邦联盟是除城邦外最为重要的政治体，其主要类型是盟主领导下的联盟，伯罗奔尼撒同盟、提洛同盟和第二次雅典同盟均属这一类型。

History shows how the maritime balance of power can shift suddenly, re-arranging [ the] global order, he writes. The political fallout from the disaster ended 75 years of US dominance in the Pacific Ocean and cemented China's position as the Asian hegemon.

历史表明，海上力量平衡会迅速发生改变，从而重塑全球格局，他写道，这场灾难的政治影响，终结了美国在太平洋地区长达75年的统治地位，并巩固了中国作为亚洲霸主的地位。

For the British Empire which was the world hegemon and the Soviet power emerging on the world stage, the confrontation on the early stage of the postwar period was the main stream. However, the two countries soon began trying to get closed because of their difficulties.

对于作为世界霸主的大英帝国和刚刚出现在国际舞台上的苏维埃政权来说，战后最初的对抗是主流，但很快由于各自的困境，双方开始尝试着靠近。