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his proposal was disallowed and he was fined.

他的题议将被驳回而他要被罚款
Three findings that a person had done this,

如果一个人的提案被驳回三次
deprived him of his rights as a citizen.

那么他将被剥夺公民权利
The expectation of the assembly and its procedures,

大会及其相关程序有这样的要求
formal and informal,

正式或非正式的提案
made it most unlikely that ignorance and incompetence

在大会成员进行商讨时
played a very significant role in its deliberations.

绝对不可能显得极其无知和无能
Of course, there are some ignorant imbeciles

当然了大会里确实也有些低能儿
who nothing will deter,

什么也阻止不了他们
but that's true of our system too.

但我们的体制也存在这样的情况
An even graver charge has been leveled through

对伯里克利所推行的民主制度
the ages against the kind of democracy promoted by Pericles.

一项从古至今更为严重的指控认为