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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  One of the powers they have vis à vis the kings,
  他们的权利之一是反对国王
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  is they can bring charges against the kings,
  他们可以驳回国王
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  if they believe that either of the kings has done wrong,
  如果他们认为由国王做错了
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  violated the law, done something improper
  违反了法律 做出出格的事体
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  and then the kings are tried by the gerousia.
  这个国王会被元老议会罢免
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  If you think that's just pro forma activity,
  如果你认为这只是形式
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  Spartan history is filled with kings
  那我告诉你 斯巴达历史上有很多位国王
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  who have been convicted of some crime or other
  被控诉犯罪
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  and are driven off into exile and removed from the kingship.
  被流放和被迫退位
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  So these are very powerful limitations.
  因此有着严格的戒律
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  I think I'm out of time. So, I'll start next time
  我想我超时了 下次我会继续
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  by completing our discussion of the Spartan state
  结束对斯巴达形态描述的讨论