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The long process by which Roman Britannia morphed into the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms was gradual not sudden,

罗马不列颠尼亚被盎格鲁撒克逊王国取代 历经了鲸吞蚕食的漫长过程而绝非一瞬

an adaptation, not an annihilation.

是平稳的演变 而非骤变

For a long time the Saxons were a tiny minority,

很长时间 撒克逊族只是一支少数民族

numbered in hundreds rather than thousands,and lived in an overwhelmingly Romano-British population.

人口数百 不及上千 在罗马不列颠压倒性的人口夹缝求存

As different as these cultures were, they were still neighbours.

即使文化迥异 却仍能和平共处

The vast majority tried and succeeded to live some sort of Roman life.

庞大的民族仍旧维持着原有的罗马式生活

Here at Wroxeter, Shropshire,the Roman Veraconium,

在希罗普郡的沃克斯特 罗马时期的威尔克尼亚

there's wonderful evidence of this make-do, hybrid, improvised world

保留了两种文明交融的完美证据

poised between Roman ruins and Anglo-Saxon beginnings.

泰然于罗马废墟与盎格鲁撒克逊朝阳之间

When the bath house stopped functioning,the citizens here just took the tiles and used them for paving.

当大浴池不再运作 市民挖来浴池的瓷砖用来铺路

When the roof of the great basilica threatened to fall in,

当他们的屋顶与大教堂摇摇欲坠

the citizens simply went and demolished the building themselves.

市民们便顺势拆掉 并动工新建

Inside the shell they put up a new timber structure spacious and elegant enough to give them the sense they were still living some sort of Roman lifestyle,

他们运用木质结构作为骨架 宽敞而考究 让他们认为自己仍保持着罗马生活方式

although in an increasingly phantom Britannia.

即使 此时的不列颠尼亚已名存实亡

Eventually though, the adaptations became ever more makeshift,

然而 演变终会进入其最终章

the fabric of Roman life increasingly threadbare,until it did indeed fall apart altogether.

罗马式生活宛若一件破衣 已褴褛不堪 直到最终残片也消失殆尽

词汇解析

1、succeed

达到目的;成功做成;办到

We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense.

我们已经成功地与国防部敲定了基本原则。

Some people will succeed in their efforts to stop smoking.

一些人经过努力可以成功戒烟。

取得预期效果;表现良好

If marriage is to succeed in the 1990's, then people have to recognise the new pressures it is facing.

在 20 世纪 90 年代人们要想婚姻美满，那就不得不认识到它所面临的新压力。

a move which would make any future talks even more unlikely to succeed.

可能使今后的所有对话都更加难以取得什么成果的举动

接替;继任

David Rowland is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1.

戴维·罗兰将在 1 月 1 日接替他任主席几乎已成定局。

The present ruler, Prince Rainier III, succeeded to the throne on 9 May 1949.

现任元首，兰尼埃三世亲王于 1949 年 5 月 9 日继位。

2、put up

建造；搭建；设置

Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections.

抗议者们在许多主要的十字路口设置了路障。

He was putting up a new fence at his home.

他正在为自己家搭建新的篱笆墙。

张贴；公布

They're putting new street signs up.

他们正在悬挂新的路标。

The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder.

那所教师培训学院为该学院的创立者立了一块纪念牌匾。

进行（抵抗）

In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance.

最后库尔德人没有作任何抵抗就投降了。

He'd put up a real fight to keep you there.

他曾努力争取让你留在那儿。