BBC英国史

Yet if Henry suspected Thomas of getting above himself and if he did, he wasn't alone

而如果亨利怀疑托马斯自视甚高 若真是如此 并非他一人作此想法

It didn't get in the way of Becket coming to mind for the top job in the country,

这也未能阻碍贝克特 获得举国高位的决心

the newly-vacated post of archbishop of Canterbury.

即最新空缺的坎特伯雷大主教一职

In fact Becket's worldliness must have made him seem precisely the right man

事实上 贝克特的老成持重 使其看上去是最适合的人选

for the job Henry wanted to do which was to put the church in its place.

亨利对于此项职位的要求 是希望教会与他立场一致

Monarchs had long taken it for granted that they were directly anointed by god, safely above the church.

长久以来 君王都理所当然地认为 他们直接由上帝挑选 地位高于教会

But the popes of this period begged to differ.

但那个时期的教皇则意见相左

Kings, they said, reported to popes, not the other way round.

他们认为 国王应听命于教皇 反之则差诶

This wasn't just an academic quibble.This was a fight to the death.

这并非学术争论 而是生死之战

There were two flashpoints.

有两个敏感问题

The first was whether law-breaking clergymen could be judged in the King's courts like everyone else.

首先是违反法律的牧师 是否该如同大众 由国王的法庭审判

The second was whether bishops had the power to excommunicate royal officials.

第二则是主教是否有权 将王室官员驱逐出教

By making Becket archbishop of Canterbury,

认命贝克特为坎特伯雷大主教

Henry believed he could depend on someone who shared his view of the subordinate relationship of church to state.

亨利相信 他可以指望对方与其在 宗教国家的从属关系方面达成一致

The King was in for a shock.

结果却令他大吃一惊

词汇解析

1、suspect

猜想;觉得

I suspect they were right.

我感觉他们是对的。

The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg.

我想，以上的抱怨只是冰山一角。

怀疑;疑心

He suspected that the woman staying in the flat above was using heroin.

他怀疑楼上公寓里的那个女人正在吸食海洛因。

Police said they suspected that Sobhraj had accomplices who are drug smugglers.

警方说他们怀疑索布拉还有一些走私毒品的同伙。

不可靠的;不可信的;可能有假的;可疑的

Delegates evacuated the building when a suspect package was found.

发现可疑包裹后，代表们撤离了这座楼。

The firm has taken out adverts in national newspapers to urge customers to return suspect products.

该公司在全国性的报纸上登出广告，催促顾客退回疑似假冒产品。

2、grant

拨款;补助金

They'd got a special grant to encourage research.

他们得到一笔用以鼓励科研的特别经费。

Unfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.

很遗憾，我的助学金申请被拒绝了。

授予；给予

France has agreed to grant him political asylum.

法国已经同意给予他政治避难。

It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan.

是工党政府同意了印度和巴基斯坦的独立。