had a terrific army before that happened

在此之前法国就已经拥有一支强大的军队
and they had wonderful officers and generals,

并且他们还有杰出的军官和将领
and were skilled in the art of war.

个个都非常精通战争的艺术
So, it was a kind of a best of all worlds where they had

因此他们的条件可以说得天独厚
a solid base for military superiority,

有扎实的军事基础优势
to which was added this great business of numbers and the zeal that went with it.

又有这样庞大的人数和热情投入其中
Something like that I believe is going on here

我相信类似的情况也发生在这里
in the 370s to help explain what's happening to

发生在公元前370年代解释了
what becomes this enormously powerful and successful Theban army.

底比斯军队何以变得如此强大而成功
The fighting goes on.

战斗仍在继续
The Thebans, you remember, joined with the Athenians

底比斯人如你所知联合雅典人
against the Spartans back at the time of the foundation of

共同对抗斯巴达人这可以追溯到