来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会第1集第1集》

as a kind of steady upward ascent.

来描述其成长
Sometimes it had to be hard fought against the forces of

尽管当时的暴政封建
tyranny or superstition or backwardness,

落后的势力依然难以对付
but in a sense it was portrayed as being almost preordained,

但某种程度上这被描述为命中注定的
a kind of English version of manifest destiny.

一种英国版的天定宿命论
Well, since the 1950s, the perspective has changed massively.

从1950年后形势发生了很大变化
Britain's place in the world has changed.

不列颠在世界的地位改变了
People think about its history differently.

人们对其历史的看法也不同了
New forms of history have been pioneered.

新的历史形势已经诞生
Other voices are now heard, especially the voices of the

出现别样的声音
losers in these processes, all the people who only had a

尤其是这些变革中的失败者
subordinate place in these achievements.

以及在变革中的全部弱势群体