来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第18集 第18集》

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  My conclusion then,
  我的结论是
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  is after the Athenians are now free
  当雅典人可以腾出手来
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  to put down the rebellions at Samos and at Byzantium,
  镇压萨摩斯和拜占庭的暴动
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  to restore their empire,
  并恢复他们的帝国秩序后
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  and they will use the remaining years before the final crisis
  他们会利用最终危机前的光景
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  to strengthen their control of the Aegean Sea
  去强化对爱琴海的控制权
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  and of their empire in the east.
  及他们东部的帝国
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  Again, some scholars who think the war inevitable
  认为战争不可避免的学者
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  will say this strengthening of the empire
  会说这种强化
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  was in fact itself a growth of Athenian power
  事实上是雅典势力的增长
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  and that seems to me to be a great stretch
  这在我看来 这是对”强化”
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  of the understanding of that word.
  这个字眼用法的夸张