来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第19集第19集》

for each tries to make some contribution

人人致力于
that changes our understanding of the past.

变更我们对过去的观念
When we use the term revisionist,

当我们用"修正主义者"这个词时
we refer to a writer

指的主要是
who tries to change the readers' mind in a major way,

试图大幅度纠正读者观念的作者
to provide a new general interpretation sharply and

通过犀利彻底地提出一种一般化的新解
thoroughly to change our way of looking at the matter.

改变我们对事物的看法
The term seems to have been used first after the first world war.

这个词的使用始于一战以后
Most people who lived in the allied nations believed that

很多居住在同盟国的人相信
the Central Powers were responsible for bringing it on

轴心国是一战的罪魁祸首
and deserved to be punished for it.

应受惩罚
Soon after the war,

战争结束后不久