the powers that be 権力者、支配者

the powers that be は小説でよくお目にかかる。権力者、支配者、政治家の意味。1;28 the Gonzalez twins may not know much about politics but they had this plea for the powers that be. don't close it. ゴンザレスさんの双子は政治のことはよくわかっていないが、政治家には訴えることがある。このビーチを閉鎖しないで。

N.J. Lawmakers Return To Work Saturday Amid Budget Impasse

18:07 obviously you can't ignore that. a lot of people read that particular piece. so the powers that be had to squash this, had to nip this thing in the bud. had to put out this little blaze before it became a forest fire. 新聞でレーガン政権で米行政管理予算局（OMB）局長を務めた デービッド・ストックマン氏がアメリカのバブル崩壊を警告すると、権力の座にある者たちは自分たちに都合の悪いこの記事が大ごとになる前に火消しに躍起になった。

Jobs report, David Stockman, U.S. economy, gold

4:55 I thought that voting for Trump represented a better protest than voting for the Libertarian Party that this time an outsider had infiltrated the Republican Party. and to me represented a better protest mode, a better way for me to deliver a message of disgust to the powers that be was voting for Trump.

Jobs report, David Stockman, U.S. economy, gold

参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2012/01/blog-post_27.html  権力の中枢を英語でなんと言うか？
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2017/12/higher-up.html  higher-up お上（かみ）

練習問題解答
b-0343 the powers that be