来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第20集第20集》

Britain came to his aid with financial assistance

英国给了他财政援助拉了他一把
and then the most incalculable of all things happened,

随后又发生了一件最出人意料的事情
the death of the Russian empress who was a great fan of the -

俄国皇帝驾崩他痴迷于我想说的是
I mean, who was hostile to Frederick,

他对腓特烈怀有敌意
broke up the coalition of his enemies

俄国皇帝的死破坏了腓特烈的敌人联盟
allowing him to escape from the war unbeaten;

使他得以从战争中全身而退
she was succeeded by a czar

作为一位女沙皇她是成功的
who loved Frederick the Great and thereby saved his neck.

她爱腓特烈大帝因此救了他一命
The situation confronting Pericles

伯里克利的遭遇
was entirely different from these cases.

完全不同于前面这些案例
No helpful allies stood in the wings and

既没有能帮上忙的盟友襄助左右
no fortunate accident came to divide his opponents.

也没有出乎意料的好运瓦解敌军