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Charles never forgave himself for this act of betrayal.

查理因这次背叛抱憾终身

But it had never occurred to Strafford that his death would actually make things worse for Charles rather than better.

但斯特拉福德未曾想到的是他的死 反而使得形势进一步恶化

And what happened next was the worst that could happen.Ireland erupted.

最糟糕的事情发生了 爱尔兰宗教矛盾爆发

With Strafford executed,Irish Catholics felt unprotected against Protestant reprisals.

斯特拉福德被处以极刑后 爱尔兰天主教徒感到 来自新教徒复仇的威胁

In a pre-emptive strike, they attacked first.

于是他们决定先发制人

Late in 1641,news of Irish killings began filtering through England,

1641年末 爱尔兰屠杀的消息传到了英格兰

graphically illustrated by a campaign of atrocity prints.

杀戮的惨状被绘制成图片四处流传

Now, bad things did happen,but the usual fantasy pictures of impaled babies

惨案虽然确有发生 但当时常见的刺死婴儿的虚构图片

tripped the wire of Anglo-Protestant paranoia.

勾起了英国新教徒的疑心病

Even worse, it was rumoured that the Catholic rebels claimed to be acting on behalf of the king.

更糟的是 有传言说天主教叛逆者 声称自己代表国王

The Puritan press hit the streets screaming, "We're next".

清教报纸上印满了"下一个就是我们"

Charles was painfully aware how costly his dream of a united Britain had become.

查理痛苦地意识到 他统一不列颠的梦想代价之沉重

First, the Presbyterian Scots had brought down his personal rule,

首先 苏格兰长老会削弱了他的王权

now the mass panic triggered by the Catholic Irish threatened to finish off his power altogether.

而现在爱尔兰天主教引发的大骚动 极可能将他的统治彻底终结

词汇解析

1、occur

发生

If headaches only occur at night, lack of fresh air and oxygen is often the cause.

如果只是在晚上头疼，那常常是由于缺乏新鲜空气和氧气的缘故。

The crash occurred when the crew shut down the wrong engine.

机务人员关错了引擎，随即飞机坠毁。

存在；出现；有

The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs.

在非洲凡是有这种蝇虫的地方，几乎都会出现这一牛病。

These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.

在地势低平的珊瑚岛或环礁上没有这种螺。

（想法或主意）被想到，被想起，浮现于脑海中

It did not occur to me to check my insurance policy.

我没有想到要核实我的保险单条款。

It occurred to me that I could have the book sent to me.

我想到可以让人把书寄给我。

2、claim

声称;断言

He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.

他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

A man claiming to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life.

一个自称是记者的人威胁要公开有关她的私生活的细节。

取得，获得，赢得(纪录、冠军或奖励)

Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds.

庄创下了54.64秒的纪录。

Steffi Graf claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in 1992.

施特菲·格拉芙于1992年第4次赢得温布尔登桂冠。

索取，索要(有权拥有的东西)

Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.

如今他们回来索取本属于他们的东西。