来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第10集 第10集》
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in the development of the Spartan constitution.斯巴达政体发展的晚期 -
The word Ephor comes from the word which means to oversee,Ephor这个词的意思是监察 -
to oversee what's going on.或监察所发生的事情 -
They were, in a certain sense, the overseers.在某种程度上 他们就是监督者 -
One of their duties was to keep watch on the kings他们的职责之一就是监督国王 -
and to see that the kings didn't do anything improper,比如监督国王的所作所为是否恰当 -
illegal, irreligious, or anything of that kind,是否合法或合乎宗教原则 -
and some scholars have focused on that一些学者已经注意到这点 -
and suggested that,并且认为 -
at least originally, that was what their main function was:至少在最初 监察官的主要职责有 -
to protect the Spartans from excessive power,保护斯巴达人 -
excessive behavior by the kings,使他们免受国王滥用职权带来的危害