The president has accepted a diminution of the powers he originally wanted.是什么意思？

The president has accepted a diminution of the powers he originally wanted.

总统已经接受了对自己原本要求的权力进行削减。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

president

n. 校长，总统，总裁，董事长；

例句
The President described the killings as an abominable crime...
总统称这些血案为令人发指的罪行。

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

accepted

adj. 公认的，可以接受的；v. 接受(accept的过去式及过去分词)；

例句
...certain assumptions which are accepted without question as absolute truths.
某些未经质疑就被作为绝对真理而全盘接受的假设

diminution

n. 减小，减少，缩减；

例句
Age brought a gradual diminution of his strength and energy.
年龄使他的体力和精力逐渐减退.

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

powers

n. 幂( power的名词复数 )，能力，权力，功力；

例句
The eighteenth-century Admiralty had few coercive powers over its officers.
18世纪的英国海军部对其军官没有什么强制力。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

originally

adv. 起初，原来，独创地，独出心裁地，自来，本；

例句
Sunset Boulevard was originally conceived by Wilder as an astringent satire on Hollywood.
怀尔德最初是想把《日落大道》拍成一部对好莱坞的辛辣讽刺片。

wanted

adj. 受通缉的，被征求的；v. 缺少( want的过去式和过去分词 )，应该，打算，需要…在场；

例句
She wanted some admission of guilt from her father.
她期待她父亲能够认罪。