来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第21集 第21集》

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  and nobody could really understand how that had happened
  没有人真正知道原因
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  given the great power of Athens,
  鉴于雅典的强大力量
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  and of course it was easy to point to the great event
  当然 也很容易联想到
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  that turned the tide
  让形势发展
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  against Athens, the Sicilian Expedition,
  不利于雅典的事 那就是西西里岛远征
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  and to say this was an idiotic idea.
  然后说这真是个愚蠢的想法
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  And it was exactly the kind of idiotic idea
  确实是个民主派
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  that a democracy would come up with
  才想得出的蠢主意
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  so that democracy itself was seen to be not just--
  所以 民主制被认为不仅是
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  how can I put--Let me say it was seen to be inherently wicked,
  怎么说呢 被认为是本质邪恶的
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  because it violated what seemed to be the truth about human beings
  因为它违背了人类的实质
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  and which was very much a part of all Greek tradition
  而这些又是希腊传统中的重要部分