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The hat went back on, always a very bad sign.

他戴上帽子 这总是个不祥的信号

Cromwell marched up and down the chamber now shouting that the Lord had done with them

克伦威尔在议会中来回踱步 呵斥着主已对他们失望透顶

and had chosen instruments more worthy of their calling.

并选择了更值得召唤的仆从

Some poor soul tried to stop him in full spate,

有些可怜人试图阻止他滔滔的言语

but Cromwell was in exterminating angel mode and brushed him aside contemptuously.

但克伦威尔已经暴跳如雷 完全不理会他人的阻拦

"You are no parliament!" He bellowed,"I say, you are no parliament!"

你们根本就不配叫议会 他大吼道 我说 你们就不配叫议会

With that, he called in the musketeers.

边说着 他把火枪兵叫进来

The boots entered heavily, noisily.Parliament was shut down.

沉重且嘈杂的脚步声逼近 议会被关闭了

This was a depressingly modern moment,a classic coup d'etat, in fact.

这是近代史上令人惋惜的一刻 是一场典型的武装政变

At this point, cromwell crossed the line from bullying to outright dictatorship.

至此克伦威尔从拥兵自重 迈入绝对的独裁时期

In so doing, he undid at a stroke,the entire point of the war he himself had fought

由此一举 他彻底背叛了 自己当年亲赴沙场征战的初衷

against the king's unparliamentary conduct.

即结束国王的专制统治

Cromwell liked to claim he was striking a blow against "Ambition" and "Avarice",

克伦威尔想要声明 他会坚决打击"野心"和"贪欲"

but what he really wounded, and fatally,was the Commonwealth itself.

但真正被他严重伤害的 却是全体人民

词汇解析

1、shut down

(使)(工厂、公司等)关闭,歇业，停业

Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down.

规模较小的承包商已被迫歇业。

It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital.

法律规定资金长期短缺的银行必须关闭。

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。

权利;要求权

She'd no claims on him now.

现在他不欠她什么了。

He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.

他被人们团团围住，个个都要他把注意力放在自己身上。