历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第六集第13期:最致命的军队
日期:2016-01-04 13:00

(单词翻译:单击)

我们的故事

But their guns are a crude design And can't be aimed properly.

但是他们的枪设计得很简陋 不能精确地瞄准

The problem of early firearms is having the pellets leave the gun

早期枪炮的问题在于 子弹离开火枪后


and go in the direction you want them to.Its aim that matters.

能否朝着你想击打的目标前进 精准度很重要

Gun maker Jiao's solution: quantity over quality.

枪支设计者焦玉的解决办法是 以量取胜

A hailstorm of bullets.

发射冰雹般铺天盖地的子弹

"To annihilate the enemy,""You must wait until just the right moment.

要彻底歼灭敌人 你得等到合适的时机

"The fire must be intense."

火力必须全开"

One firearm makes no difference,but a hundred firearms makes a big difference

一把火枪用处不大 但百枪齐发的作用就不同了

and a thousand makes even more.

更不用说千枪作战了

It must have been incredibly confusing and incredibly frightening.

对方当时一定极其困惑 也极其恐慌

It is a game-changer.

这是个转折点

Old-school defenses,old-school technology,

旧式的防御 及旧式的技术

is no longer effective against the gun.

在枪弹面前无能为力

Jiao's gun levels the battlefield...

焦玉的枪弹扫平了战场

And allows a band of rebels to take on The deadliest army in the world.

也使得一群起义者 成为世界上最致命的军队

重点讲解

1、direction

方向;方位

St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction.

圣安德鲁斯在相反方向上 10 英里处。

He drove off in the direction of Larry's shop.

他驾车朝着拉里商店的方向驶去。

(发展)方向,趋势,倾向

They threatened to walk out if the party did not change direction.

他们威胁说,如果该党不改变方针,他们就将集体退席。

I've never done any sustained writing, but that might be one of my next directions.

我以前从未尝试过持续写作,不过那可能是我下一步努力的方向之一。

指示;说明;指路

I should know by now not to throw away the directions until we've finished cooking.

现在我知道了不该在饭没做完之前就扔掉烹饪说明。

He proceeded to give Dan directions to the computer room.

他接着告诉丹去计算机房该怎么走。


2、effective

有效的;能产生预期效果的

The project looks at how we could be more effective in encouraging students to enter teacher training.

该项目着眼于我们如何能够更加有效地鼓励学生参与教师培训。

Simple antibiotics are effective against this organism.

一般的抗生素能够有效对抗这种微生物。

实际的;事实上的

They have had effective control of the area since the security forces left.

自从安全部队撤离后,他们实际上控制了该地区。

a restructuring that would have resulted in an effective increase on one of their most popular excursion fares.

原本会使他们最热门的一条短途旅游线路的费用出现实质性上涨的调整

(法律、协议等)生效的,起作用的

The new rules will become effective in the next few days.

新规定将在几天后生效。

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重点单词
  • controln. 克制,控制,管制,操作装置 vt. 控制,掌管,支
  • quantityn. 量,数量,大量
  • solutionn. 解答,解决办法,溶解,溶液
  • annihilatev. 消灭,歼灭,彻底消除,使无效,废止
  • frighteningadj. 令人恐惧的,令人害怕的 动词frighten的
  • intenseadj. 强烈的,剧烈的,热烈的
  • securityn. 安全,防护措施,保证,抵押,债券,证券
  • effectiveadj. 有效的,有影响的
  • sustainedadj. 持久的,经久不衰的
  • bandn. 带,箍,波段 n. 队,一群,乐队 v. 绑扎 v