来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第6集 第6集》

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  Because if not -- now,
  因为如果不这样 现在
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  I am in the situation where the guy next to me has beaten you up,
  我所处的境况就是 我身边的人把你干掉了
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  but I can now get her
  但我现在能攻击到她
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  and I can step in here,
  并且进到这里
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  and the guy behind me can do the same,
  我后面的人也同样能
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  and so we can create a wedge in which we are doing the killing
  所以我们像楔子一样深入敌阵 高歌猛进
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  and they are doing the falling.
  而他们只能节节败退了
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  If enough of that happens,
  如果这样的攻势到处开花
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  after awhile some sense of what's happening up front
  那用不了多久 前排的攻势
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  quickly works its way to the back,
  就能直插战阵的腹地
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  and there can be a moment,
  那样的话 在某刻
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  and there always is a moment in a hoplite battle,
  方阵战中常有这样的时刻