They tried to win as much as they could

他们打算与德国人合作
in collaborating with the Germans just to make their--

并且从中尽量多捞些好处
the fate of the Frenchman less hard

藉此改善法国人的生活
and to help France in the future in that way.

在将来也通过这种方式来帮助法国
That's the way it was with most Athenians;

大多数雅典人也是这样想的
most Frenchman and most Athenians didn't do either of those things.

他们和大多数法国人一样什么都没有做
They kept their heads down

他们把头缩进脖子
and tried to live their lives as best they could.

只求自己能过得好些
I think what you need to understand is happening

我想大家需要深入理解当时的形势
and this all puts

这样的形势使得
what Thrasybulus and Anytus, and their friends

色拉西布洛斯和阿尼图斯一干人等
did in a very special kind of a light.

的所做所为具有了十分特殊的意义