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约瑟夫艾迪生
英国散文家、诗人、辉格党政治家。曾在牛津大学求学和任教，并去欧洲大陆旅行多年。担任过南部事务部次官、下院议员、爱尔兰总督沃顿伯爵的秘书等职。与斯梯尔合办《闲话报》(1710)和《旁观者》(1711)等刊物。为英国散文大师之一。写有诗篇《远征》、悲剧《卡托》以及文学评论文章等。
vt. 证实，断言，肯定
vi. 断言，申明
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- And was more startled when I heard a second affirm, with great vehemence, that if the Emperor of Germany was not going off, he should like him better than either of them.
- 然后，我又听到第二个人斩钉截铁地说，如果德国皇帝不退位的话，那么他就最推崇德国皇帝。
- He added, that though the season was so changeable, the Duke of Marlborough was in blooming beauty.
- 听到这里，我更是惊叹不已。这个人又补充说，尽管岁月如流水，但马尔伯勒公爵始终是风流倜傥。
- I was wondering to myself from whence they had received this odd intelligence：
- 他们从哪里知道的这些谬论，我绞尽脑汁也想不明白。
- especially when I heard them mention the names of several other great generals, as the Prince of Hess and the King of Sweden, who, they said, were both running away.
- 还有比这更荒谬的：他们还谈到了几位将军，其中就有黑森王子和瑞典国王，他们说这两个人现在正在逃亡中。
- To which they added, what I entirely agreed with them in, that the Crown of France was very weak, but that the Marshal Villars still kept his colors.
- 后来他们所说的，我是完全同意的。他们提到法国国王身体虚弱，维拉尔元帅却仍旧精神饱满。
- At last, one of them told the company, if they would go along with him, he would show them a chimney-sweeper and a painted lady in the same bed,
- 最后，他们当中的一个人说，如果大家同意跟他一起去，他会叫他们看到一个扫烟囱的人和一个美丽的少女同床共枕。
- which he was sure would very much please them.
- 他确信，这样的场景一定会令大家非常开心。
- The shower which had driven them as well as myself into the house, was now over；
- 我和他们都是跑到这家农合来避雨的，此时大雨已经停了。
- and as they were passing by me into the garden, I asked them to let me be one of their company.
- 当他们从我身旁经过，朝花园走去的时候，我便要求加入到他们的队伍之中。
- The gentleman of the house told me, if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while；
- 农舍的主人对我说，如果我对花感兴趣的话，很值得去花园看一看。
- for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.
- 因为他相信，他让我看的那片郁金香，在全国都找不出可以与之媲美的。
- I accepted the offer, and immediately found that they had been talking in terms of gardening, and that the kings and generals they had mentioned were only so many tulips,
- 我接受了他的邀请，也马上明白了刚才那几个人谈论的是园艺。他们所说的国王、将帅全是郁金香的名字。
- to which the gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given such high titles and appellations of honor.
- 花匠们按照习惯做法赋予那些花以头衔或称号。
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