来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第19集第19集》

Now, of course,

这时来看当然了
their guess about how the war would be fought

他们对战争形势的评测
turned out to be wrong and very costly to them.

被证明是错误而代价高昂
What else could they have done?

但除此以外他们还能怎么样
Well in theory, at least,

至少在理论上
they could have called the Corinthian bluff and say,

可以指责科林斯虚张声势并声明
no, we're going to obey our oaths in the previous treaty,

不我们要遵守先前的和约
we're going to submit to arbitration,

我们要申请仲裁
too bad if you don't like it.

你们不愿意也没办法
What could the Corinthians have done?

科林斯会怎么样呢
Well, they might have tried to withdraw from the league and

他们可能试图退出同盟
their own withdrawal would not have been critical,

但只身退出是无关紧要的