Supreme Court justices are very high.

最高法院大法官的权力是很大的
Occasionally they can even appoint--right?--the

他们甚至可以偶尔
President of the United States; if I may crack this joke. Right?

任命美国总统开个玩笑
Anyway, they are very powerful.

但无论怎样他们的权力确实相当大
Well if you think about a Mafioso.

你们印象中的黑手党
The prestige of a godfather, except in the Mafia, will be very low.

他们教父的威望在黑手党外其实很低
You regard it as criminal.

因为他们会被视为犯罪分子
In terms of income, will be on the very top. Right?

然而他们的收入却极其可观
In terms of power, well will have some power,

手中也握有一定的权力
but mainly in the Mafia, not really nationally.

但是这仅限于黑手党内而并不在全国范围
You see what they are getting at?

大家可以通过所获得的这些信息
So therefore you can measure status,class and power as three dimensions.

从地位阶级及权力三个层面进行界定