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A petitioning campaign to demand the release of the Levellers was mobilised in London by Leveller women.

一场要求释放平等派人士的请愿运动 在伦敦发起 领导人士为平等派女性

Now for the Puritans,the cardinal virtues of women were silence and meekness.

对清教徒来说 沉默与温顺是女子的基本道德

But these women were shameless, obstinate,loud-mouthed,and, it has to admitted, brave.

这些女子却厚颜无耻 顽固不化 满口胡言 却也有着不容小觑的勇气

Leveller women had always been involved in the movement's political campaigns.

平等派女性经常 参与此类政治运动

Elizabeth Lilburne had been politicised through her efforts to spring her reckless husband from one prison or another.

伊丽莎白·李尔本通过政治努力 一次次让她鲁莽的丈夫免于牢狱之灾

Mary Overton had been brutally punished for printing and distributing her husband's tracts.

玛丽·奥弗顿曾因印制和分发 她丈夫的宣传册而遭严厉惩处

Tied to a cart and dragged through London's streets with her six-month-old baby,pelted and abused like a common whore.

连同她六个月大的孩子被拴在马车上 被拖过伦敦的大街小巷 像妓女一样 惨遭众人羞辱

But the most impassioned and articulate of the sisters was a woman called Katherine Chidley.

然而最明确而有感染力的呼声 来自一位名叫凯瑟琳·乔德莉的女子

She started as a charismatic preacher and turned to politics in an attempt to make the Commonwealth understand the particular sufferings of her sex.

她起初是一名富有感召力的传道者 进而踏足政治 意在使公众能够了解 身为女性所受的不公

Considering that we have an equal share and interest with men in the Commonwealth,and it cannot be laid waste.

女人在国家事务中 也能顶起半边天 我们的才华不能浪费

Considering that poverty, misery and famine,

想到贫穷 困苦和饥饿

like a mighty torrent, is breaking in upon us and we are not able to see our children hang upon us and cry out for bread

就像汹涌的浊流 让我们喘不过气 我们也不忍看到 我们的孩子指望着我们 哭求食物

and not have wherewithal to feed them,we had rather die than see that day!

我们却无以糊口 如此天日 生不如死

词汇解析

1、involve

需要;包含

Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed.

料理好厨房需要把一切都安排得规规矩矩，且要讲求速度。

Nicky's job as a public relations director involves spending quite a lot of time with other people.

尼基作为公共关系主管，需要花很多时间与别人打交道。

牵涉;涉及

If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.

如果有人想要隐瞒实情,那其中就涉及政府部门最高层的人物。

a riot involving a hundred inmates.

有 100 名囚犯参与的暴动

使陷入;使卷入

I seem to have involved myself in something I don't understand.

我似乎卷入了一件我并不知情的事情当中。

2、particular

特定的；特指的

I remembered a particular story about a postman who was a murderer.

我记得有个故事，讲的是一个邮递员杀人的事情。

I have to know exactly why it is I'm doing a particular job.

我必须明确知道我为什么要做特定的一项工作。

特殊的；特别的；独特的

I have a particular responsibility to ensure I make the right decision.

我肩负特殊责任，必须确保自己作出的决定是正确的。

Fatigue is a particular problem for women.

疲劳是女性特有的问题。