来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第24集 第24集》

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  require the expenditure of funds very much.
  并不需要这么多经费
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  So, Philip, early in his career,
  因此 菲利普在他执政早期
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  had to gain control of sources of money and he did so.
  就必须控制金钱 他也的确这么做了
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  Early as king he immediately had to put down his opponents
  他一登基 就立即打压了内部的反对力量
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  from within Macedonia, but he also did what
  但是他也做了
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  I suppose Macedonian kings always had to do on their accession,
  任何一个马其顿国王在即位时都得做的
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  they were surrounded by what the Greeks called barbarian peoples
  他们周围有很多被希腊人称为野蛮人的人
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  and these barbarian peoples were always fighting against the Macedonians
  这些野蛮人总是在攻击马其顿人
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  and trying to push back their frontiers and so on.
  想要夺回他们的边境
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  So Philip turned against these, the Illyrians and various other peoples,
  菲利普开始对付这些伊利里亚人及其他众多蛮人
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  and did an excellent job of defeating them, driving them back,
  他出色地击败了他们 把他们赶走了
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  establishing the boundaries where he wanted them.
  按照他的意愿划分疆界