At the feet of the tallest and plushest offices lie the crummiest slums.

在最高耸最豪华的办公楼底下，是最肮脏破旧的贫民窟。

There is much the UN Security Council will never be able to do, no matter who occupies its plushest seats.

有很多事情，安理会是永远也不可能做得了的，不管谁占着那最重要的位子。

Scenes like this take place often, from the fairest green patches of Riverside Park to the plushest red velvet-draped lobbies of the Claremont buildings.

像这样的情景常常发生在河滨公园的绿树丛或克莱芒公寓楼房的紫红色窗帘装饰的前庭里。

Last month a meeting of would-be donors to discuss ways of giving the Congolese a "peace dividend" was plunged into darkness by a power cut, despite being held in Kinshasa's plushest hotel.

上个月，在金沙萨举行了一次预计捐款的会议，会上谈到了采取各种方式来为刚果人提供“和平股息”。但尽管此次会议在首都最豪华的宾馆举行，但后来也因为断电而陷入一片漆黑之中。