Meanwhile, their navy would launch a series of commando

与此同时海军应该组建一系列突击队
raids on the coast of the Peloponnesus.

突袭伯罗奔尼撒沿岸
This strategy would continue until the frustrated enemy

他们将坚持这一战略直到受挫的敌人
was prepared to make peace.

想要求和为止
The naval raids and landings were not meant to do serious harm,

海军突袭和登陆不是为了造成多大的损失
but merely to annoy the enemy and to suggest

而仅仅是骚扰敌军让敌军知道
how much damage the Athenians could do, if they chose.

如果雅典人愿意他们的破坏力会有多大
The strategy was not to exhaust the Peloponnesians

这一战略不是在人力上或是物力上
physically or materially,

拖垮伯罗奔尼撒人
but psychologically.

而是在心理上击溃他们
No such strategy had ever been attempted in Greek history,

在希腊的历史上这样的战略是绝无仅有的
for no state before the coming of

因为在雅典民主共和国诞生前