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Richard may have crushed the Peasants' Revolt,but peers of the realm were another matter.

理查虽然镇压了农民起义 但要求贵族们臣服则是另一码事

Chastened by the humiliation,the king withdrew into autocratic solitude,

国王恼羞成怒 陷于孤立境地

and yet he had enough of the Plantagenet about him to harbour desires for retribution.

不过他身上流淌的金花雀血统 足以教会他隐藏报仇的欲望

He held his peace for nearly ten years,but when his beloved Anne died of plague,

压抑了近十年后 当他深爱的皇后安妮死于瘟疫

Richard lost his only restraining influence and he reasserted himself in an extraordinary storm of revenge.

他再也无法抑制压抑已久的愤怒 开始疯狂地打击报复

Using the pretext of an aristocratic plot,he brutally disposed of the ringleaders of the Merciless Parliament a decade earlier.

以非法密谋为借口 他残酷地处罚了 十年前无情议会的发起人

The Earl of Arundel was executed.

阿伦德尔伯爵被处以极刑

The Earl of Warwick was exiled,and the Duke of Gloucester,

沃里克伯爵被流放 格洛斯特公爵

Richard's own uncle, was murdered,smothered in his bed on the king's orders.

理查的叔叔 被国王派人勒死在床上

The old scores had been settled at last.

旧账终于算完了

Well, you would think,that Richard could contain his sense of triumph,if only in the interests of self-preservation.

你可能认为 从自卫的角度上看 理查取得了胜利

But now that Richard II discovered that people were,for the first time, frightened of him,he also discovered he rather liked it.

不过现在查理二世首次发现 人民惧怕他 他发现他还挺乐在其中

He drank it in and lashed out at anybody he thought to be disloyal to him,replacing them with yes-men and toadies,

他打击排挤 任何他认为存有异心的人 任用一些唯唯诺诺的谄媚小人

eating, sleeping and travelling surrounded by a private army,as if he were some Roman emperor.

无论吃饭 睡觉 外出巡视 都带着私人军队 十足罗马皇帝的派头

词汇解析

1、influence

势力;权势;影响力;支配力

As Hugh grew older, she had less influence and couldn't control him.

休慢慢长大,她的影响力变小了,无法再控制他了。

I have rather a large influence over a good many people.

我对很多人都有相当大的影响力。

影响;左右;支配

He is trying to improperly influence a witness.

他在试图误导证人。

The angry crowds could influence the government.

愤怒的群众可以影响政府。

影响;作用

Van Gogh had a major influence on the development of modern painting.

凡·高对现代绘画的发展有着重大影响。

The Shropshire landscape was an influence on Owen too.

什罗普郡的风景也对欧文产生了影响。

2、surround

围绕;环绕

The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence.

不大的教堂墓地周边围着一圈生锈的熟铁栅栏。

The shell surrounding the egg has many important functions.

蛋壳有许多重要的功能。

与…密切相关;围绕

The decision had been agreed in principle before today's meeting, but some controversy surrounded it.

该决定在今天的会议之前就已达成原则上的共识，但围绕这一决定还存在一些争议。

Once the euphoria surrounding this victory subsides, reality must return.

这场胜利的喜悦退去后，人们将不得不回归现实。