来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第9集 第9集》

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  but never a real one.
  但并不是实质上的贵族权利
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  Well, the Spartans have the power,
  斯巴达人拥有权利
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  but the Spartan kings have that power that I've just described,
  但是斯巴达的国王们 如我所说
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  but another thing that reduces their kingly character
  有一件事削弱了他们作为国王的权益
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  is that there are two of them.
  他们有两个人
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  That means one can always veto the other,
  这意味着总有一个人能否决另一个
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  and that means they never can have the kind of power
  同时意味着他们永远也不能拥有
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  that a true king, in our sense, would have.
  真正意义上的王的权利
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  Two other things. One is the gerousia,
  还有两方面 一是元老院
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  this council of elders has very important powers
  拥有着非常重要的权利
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  and some of them relating to the kings.
  部分涉及到国王
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  There is another group of Spartans, another council--
  在斯巴达还有另一个会议