现代国家的特点是其能够以前现代国家无法做到的方式集中和使用权力。
The modern state is characterized by its ability to concentrate and use power in a way that premodern states could not.
告子虽然诋毁我的行为,但还是胜过毫无毁誉。 
In saying that someone did something, we may be doing something ourselves.