来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第4集 第4集》
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and this was seen to by the Hapsburg Empire这点被哈布斯堡帝国发现了 -
which, in the course of the eighteenth century,他们在整个十八世纪过程中 -
initiated and perfected a great permanent建设并不断完善了一条 -
cordon sanitaire of soldiers,士兵组成的警戒线 -
stretching across the length of the Balkan Peninsula.横越整个巴尔干半岛 -
The Austrian cordon was ten to twenty miles wide在疫情比较紧张的时候 警戒线 -
during threat of plague,能够达到十五到三十二公里宽 -
and 1,200 miles long.长度达1900公里 -
It consisted of a great permanent line无数的士兵与哨岗组成了 -
of soldiers and sentry posts,长久不衰的警戒线 -
stationed to prevent people from passing.他们日夜坚守岗位防止有人越界 -
So, one of the great armies of Europe所以说 欧洲最强大的军队之一