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Messengers caught carrying his mail were thrown into prison.

被搜到怀揣他信件的信使被送进监狱

Innocent relatives, incriminated by family association,were turned into exiles themselves.

无辜的亲属 作为同犯 而被流放他乡

It took two painful years of back and forth diplomacy

经过两年纠结的反复交涉

and increasingly impatient signals from the pope to arrange even talks about talks.

教皇也开始愈加不耐烦 甚至不想安排会谈

After a series of abortive reconciliations in 1170,

1170年 经过一系列失败的调解

it looked as though peace might finally break out.

和平终究将被打破

The location was to be a meadow surrounded by woods near the village of Fréteval

就在弗烈特瓦尔附近 一处四周环树的草坪

a beautiful place,remarked one observer.

看到的人曾说 这是个美丽的地方

Only later did he find out that the locals called it traitors meadow.

然而随后他却发现 当地人称之为"叛国者草坪"

Henry and Thomas rode out to each other and the king took off his hat in salutation.

亨利和托马斯策马走向彼此 国王脱帽以示敬意

The two of them then embraced and sat for hours talking,

两人拥抱彼此 并膝长谈

the archbishop's posterior mortified by the chaffing of his secret goat-hair underwear.

国王对自己羊毛内衣的打趣 让大主教感到很是窘迫

For once, the king was in no mood to quarrel,

这一次 国王无意争吵

and agreed to restore Thomas to all his powers and authority,

他同意恢复托马斯的全部职权

and also to treat those who were Becket's enemies as his own.

还同意与贝克特站在同一阵线

词汇解析

1、arrange

安排；准备；筹划

She arranged an appointment for Friday afternoon at four-fifteen.

她在星期五下午4点15分安排了一次会面。

This time it was a friend ringing to try to arrange a fishing trip in Scotland.

这次是一个朋友打来电话，想组织一次到苏格兰的钓鱼旅行。

商定；谈妥

I've arranged to see him on Friday morning.

我已安排好星期五上午见他。

It was arranged that the party would gather for lunch in the Royal Garden Hotel.

已经和这一行人说好将在皇家花园宾馆吃午餐。

排列；布置；整理

When she has a little spare time she enjoys arranging dried flowers.

她稍有空闲便喜欢摆弄干花。

He started to arrange the books in piles.

他开始将书成堆摆放。

2、take off

(飞机)起飞

We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.

我们终于在11点起飞，1:30 到达威尼斯。

(产品、活动、事业等)腾飞，突然成功

They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme's going to really take off.

这个方案要想真正成功，他们就需要增加参与的农场主的人数。

In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.

1944 年，他结识了伊迪思·比阿夫，从此他的事业开始腾飞。

(突然)离开，走开，走掉

He took off at once and headed back to the motel.

他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。

He took himself off to Mexico.

他突然动身去了墨西哥。