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Eudoxia will spend the next seven years at Gaiseric's side.
在接下来的七年中 尤多克西亚一直被禁锢在盖塞里克身边
Her daughter, forced to marry his son.
而她的女儿也被迫嫁给了他的儿子
The empress of Rome enslaved by a barbarian.
罗马帝国的皇后最终为野蛮人所奴役

The Roman Empire lasted for five centuries.
罗马帝国的统治持续了五个世纪
At its height, it ruled over 60 million people
在其鼎盛时期 它统治着超过六千万人口
And two million square miles.
幅员达两百万平方英里
As it disintegrates,Barbarian tribes seize their opportunity.
趁着它的没落 野蛮族人们抓住了机会
Angles and Saxons push into Britain.
安格鲁和撒克逊人大举挺进英国
Franks sweep across Gaul,Giving their name to modern France.
弗兰克人跨过高卢 这也造就了今天的法国
Visigoths seize what is now Spain.
而西哥特人建立了今天的西班牙
When power collapses at anytime, anywhere,
无论何时何地 一个统治王朝的结束
It creates a vacuum, by definition,
会创造出一个权力真空 根据定义来看
Others come running in, territory gets grabbed up,
权力真空就是指其他国家的人会来瓜分土地
Ideas are repudiated, the Romans learned it,
现有的思想会被否认 罗马人尝到了这个滋味
We don't know who's going to be next.
我们也不知道接下来会是哪个国家

重点讲解

1、sweep
扫;掸;打扫;清扫
The owner of the store was sweeping his floor when I walked in.
当我走进商店的时候，店主正在扫地。
She was in the kitchen sweeping crumbs into a dust pan.
她正在厨房把面包屑扫入簸箕里。
拂去;掸去
I swept rainwater off the flat top of a gravestone.
我拂去了墓碑顶上的雨水。
With a gesture of frustration, she swept the cards from the table.
她懊恼地把桌子上的牌都拂到了地上。
梳,拢(头发)
stylish ways of sweeping your hair off your face.
露出脸形的时髦发式
Her long, fine hair was swept back in a ponytail.
她长长的秀发在脑后梳成一个马尾。
2、collapse
倒塌;塌下
A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed.
海湾大桥有一段垮塌了。
The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble.
屋顶轰隆一声塌了下来，碎石瓦砾落了一地。
(体系或机构)崩溃，瓦解，突然失败
His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.
他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。
This system has collapsed in most countries where it ruled.
这一体系在其占统治地位的大多数国家都失败了。
(因生病或虚弱)突然倒下，昏倒
He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home.
在家剧烈运动了一阵后他突然昏倒了。
It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.
在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。