来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第22集 第22集》

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  and it's undone at the end of the war.
  战争结束后 就立即回归旧制了
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  But it's an indication of what people might be thinking about
  但它仍显示了人们的思想能走多远
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  and we shall see that in the course of this century
  我们会看到 在本世纪里
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  there will grow up federations--that's something different,
  联邦制的成熟发展--这和当时政体有所不同
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  but still it's the same thing in a way.
  但是本质上两者算是殊途同归
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  A federation is a political union that allows for
  联邦制是一个政治联盟 它允许
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  the maintenance of local powers on the part of the original members,
  其成员保持地方权力
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  but also takes some powers for a central body,
  但多人组成的中央机构
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  which is made up of more than one.
  也得保有一有些权力
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  We Americans of course have some idea about that,
  当然我们美国人对此有许多想法
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  but there was the Arcadian League that came into being,
  但这世上曾存在过阿卡迪亚同盟
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  and the Achaean League that came into being,
  亚该亚同盟