来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会 第2集 第2集》

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  were paramount for men
  在一般社会公共范畴内
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  in the public domain of society at large,
  对于人们来说就成了首要的
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  though within the household differences of
  虽然性别的不同
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  gender of course still held their place.
  仍旧在家庭内部主导他们的地位
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  So to sum up,
  所以总体来说
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  this was a very highly structured and stratified society.
  这是一个高度结构化的分层社会
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  It was inegalitarian in its social ideals.
  社会理念就是不平等的
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  It was conceived of as a commonwealth, as an organic whole,
  它被设想成一个联邦 一个有机整体
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  but one constituted of people whose opportunities
  但人们却根本得不到
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  and experiences were very far from uniform or equal,
  平等的机会或经历
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  and that structured inequality was taken
  这种被建构的不平等
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  to be part of the natural order of society.
  被人们视为社会自然秩序的一部分