Police said they had to be protected from popular anger.

警方称他们必须被保护起来，以防止公众的怒火烧到他们身上。

Nor is there an obvious alternative candidate. But if diffusing popular anger means someone must go, Mr Geithner is likely to top the list.

这里没有明显的候选人，但是散布群众的愤怒情绪意味着某人要离开，而盖特纳在名单顶上。

When the U. S. S. R. fell, much of the popular anger against it was directed specifically against the KGB as the keystone of Soviet oppression.

苏联解体时，民众大都十分愤怒，具体来说是直接反对克格勃这一压迫苏联民众的关键机构。