来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第20集第20集》

In the light of results such as these,

鉴于上述结果
it is natural to ask

我们很自然会产生疑问
why did the enterprises that produced these successes,

为什么冒险精神能使他们取得胜利
why did they need to wait until the fifth year of the war?

为什么他们要等到战争的第五年
Why didn't Pericles use them at once?

为什么伯里克利不马上迎战
His failure to do so is the most weighty of

因为大家批评他的最重要的原因
the charges brought against him,

就是他没有立即迎战
and Delbruck uses much effort and ingenuity to defend him.

德尔布吕克下了很大功夫为他辩解
He is forced to concede,

然而他也不得不承认
however, that a more aggressive,

更具侵略性
offensive effort would have been helpful.

和攻击性的做法会更有用
He believes that the attack Pericles led against

他相信伯里克利在战争的第二年