He says he expects to be drowned in laughter.

他说自己料到这种主张会被嬉笑声淹没
And this has led some readers to suggest that the proposal for

这使得一些作者认为提出这种
philosophers' kings is ironical.

关于哲学王的建议实在荒诞
That it is intended as a kind of joke to, in many ways,

很多方面他被成为笑话王
discredit the idea of the just city

从而导致对正义城邦理想的怀疑
or at least to indicate its extreme implausibility.

至少说明这种想法是难以置信的
The question is why does Socrates regard philosophic kingship

问题是苏格拉底为什么提出哲学王权论
as required for Kallipolis, for the just city?

为了理想之城和正义的城邦呢
Let me say, I am by no means convinced that the idea

让我想想我从不相信这个想法
for the philosopher-king is an impossibility

关于哲学王是不可能的
or is intended as a kind of absurdity.

或是某种荒诞的说法
Plato himself, remember, made a number of trips to Sicily

还记得吗柏拉图自己曾几次前往西西里