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In a final act of respect, Harold found his dead brother

出于手足情意 哈罗德找到了弟弟的遗体

and took what was left of him to be buried at York Minster.

并将其厚葬于约克大教堂

But he had no time to grieve or exalt over the death of Tostig,

但他却没有时间为弟弟的死去 而悲戚抑或雀跃

for the day after the battle of Stamford Bridge,the Norman fleet,at last, felt the wind change direction.

斯坦福桥一战之后 挪威人溃不成军 也就在此时 海风终于转变了风向

So, with great haste, the Duke went to sea,

于是公爵旋即火速出海

with his fleet sailing swiftly to the coast of England.

带领手下扬帆来到英格兰的海岸

Their first sight of land would have been the cliffs at Beachy Head,

到达这片大陆 他们最先看到的便是比奇角的悬崖

and they landed in the nearby sheltering harbours at Pevensey.

他们的登陆点是位于佩文西附近的隐蔽海港

An old Roman fort guarded the beach.

守护着海岸的一座古罗马堡垒

Within its empty shell, William's men erected a prefabricated timber castle, later to be rebuilt in stone,

在堡垒的残壳之中 威廉的手下搭起了 一座临时的木制城堡 后又用石头重新堆砌

as if declaring that they were now heirs to the Romans.

仿佛在宣告 他们是罗马人的后代

Expeditions for food and forage from the base camp took the usual form,

从周边地区获取食物和饲料 一如既往的强取豪夺

burning everything that couldn't be seized,striking terror into the hearts of the locals.

拿不走的统统被付之一炬 令当地居民惊恐不堪

词汇解析

1、respect

尊敬;敬重;尊重

I want him to respect me as a career woman.

我希望他把我当作一个职业女性来尊重。

He needs the advice of people he respects, and he respects you.

他需要从他敬重的人那里获得建议，而他一向都很敬重你。

恕我直言，恕我冒昧

With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question.

部长，恕我冒昧，您还没有回答我的问题。

With respect, I hardly think that's the point.

恕我直言，但我认为这不是重点。

在这个方面 在许多方面

The children are not unintelligent in fact, they seem quite normal in this respect.

这些孩子并非愚钝 事实上，在这个方面他们似乎很正常。

In many respects Asian women see themselves as equal to their men.

在很多方面，亚洲女性都认为自己和丈夫是平等的。

2、guard

守卫；护卫；警卫

Gunmen guarded homes near the cemetery with shotguns.

持枪者手持猎枪守卫着墓地附近的房子。

the heavily guarded courtroom.

戒备森严的法庭

看守；监视

Marines with rifles guarded them.

手持步枪的海军陆战队士兵监视着他们。

He is being guarded by a platoon of police.

有一队警察看守着他。