hostile to Thebes, and when he could he would promote

他对底比斯都充满敌意尽其所能推行一项
a policy of attacking Thebes, of trying to defeat it,

进攻底比斯打败底比斯的政策
to subject it to Sparta,

使其降服于斯巴达
and a whole piece of Spartan foreign policy,

斯巴达的整个对外政策
which was to be very costly and damaging to Sparta

就是阿格西莱与底比斯人之间积怨的结果
was the result of Agesilaus' attempt at vendetta against the Thebans.

对斯巴达来说既劳民伤财又得不偿失
Well, he goes to Asia and begins to encounter the Persians.

言归正传他进入小亚细亚
He does pretty well, as always,

与波斯人短兵相接一如既往地战绩卓著
Greek hoplites if they can get the Persians to

如果希腊重装步兵能让波斯人在平原上
fight them in a nice flat field will beat them,

与他们交战他们就能打败波斯人
and he did that on several occasions, but he was never able

他几次这样做了但从来没能
to bring a large force of Persians to battle,

诱使大股波斯部队进入战场