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In a show of brutal arrogance, the local governor had East Anglia declared a slave province.

极尽傲慢残忍的罗马地方官 将东盎格鲁划为奴隶区

To make the point about who exactly owned whom,

为凸显罗马人的统治者地位

Boudicca was treated to a public flogging

布迪卡当众身受鞭笞之刑

while her two daughters were raped in front of her.

同时眼睁睁地看着自己的两个女儿被强暴

In 60 AD, Boudicca rose up in furious revolt,

公元60年 狂怒下的布迪卡大举反抗

quickly gathering an army bent on vengeance.

迅速集结军队决心报复

With the cream of the Roman troops tied down

由于当时罗马的全部精锐

suppressing an insurgency in north Wales,

被调往北威尔士平定动乱

Boudicca's army marched towards the place which symbolised the now-hated Roman colonisation of Britain, Colchester.

布迪卡的大军顺利进军至科尔切斯特 象征着不列颠与罗马仇恨的地方

It helped that it was lightly garrisoned.

罗马的驻防不力 成了对手的天赐良机

After a firestorm march through eastern England,

挥师横穿英格兰东部

burning Roman settlements one by one,it was the city's turn.

纵火逐个烧毁罗马殖民地 整城转眼倾覆

The frightened Roman colonists had to fall back to the one place they were sure

被吓傻了的罗马殖民者被迫撤退到 他们坚信自己会被

they were going to be protected by their emperor and their gods the great temple of Claudius.

他们的上帝与君主保护的地方 克劳蒂亚斯大帝神庙

If the terrified Romans thought they were going to escape the implacable anger of Boudicca,

若这些惶恐至极的罗马人 妄想在此就能逃过怒不可遏的布迪卡

they were seriously out of luck.

绝对是痴人说梦了

With thousands of them huddled terrified in the temple above these foundations,

数千惊惶失措的罗马人 蜷缩在这寺庙之中

she began to set light to it.

她开始在周围点火

They must have been able to smell the scorch and smoke and fire coming towards them,

他们定能察觉到烧焦气味 烟雾 以及火势的步步逼近

as their new imperial city burned down with themselves and everything else buried in smoke and ash.

帝国神圣的庇护所坍塌了 一切 包括他们自己都葬身于尘灰之中

Thousands died in this place.Boudicca had her revenge.

数千人葬身火海 布迪卡终得以血刃仇敌

词汇解析

1、declare

宣称，声称（…为事实）；表明(态度、意图等)

Speaking outside Ten Downing Street, she declared that she would fight on.

她在英国首相官邸外发表讲话时宣称她将继续斗争下去。

I'm absolutely thrilled to have done what I've done, he declared.

他宣称道：“我为自己的所作所为感到兴奋不已。”

宣布;宣告

The government is ready to declare a permanent ceasefire.

政府准备宣布永久性停火。

His lawyers are confident that the judges will declare Mr Stevens innocent.

史蒂文斯先生的律师们确信法官将宣告他无罪。

申报(纳税品、收入等)

Your income must be declared on this form.

必须在这张表格上申报你的收入。

She had nothing to declare, and was starting to go through the 'Green' channel when she was stopped.

她没有什么要申报的，便开始进入绿色通道，结果就在这时被拦住了。

2、settlement

(争议双方的)正式协议，和解

Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.

我们一定要达成和平协议。

They are not optimistic about a settlement of the eleven year conflict.

他们不是很有信心能和平解决这场长达 11 年的纷争。

(通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解

She accepted an out-of-court settlement of 4,000.

她同意支付 4,000 英镑的庭外和解赔偿金。

a libel settlement.

一宗诽谤案的庭外和解