BBC英国史

So when an ex-Jesuit called Titus Oates

因此当名为提图斯·奥兹的前耶稣会信徒

concocted a pack of lies about a plot to murder the king,

捏造了一系列暗杀国王的谎言

invite a French invasion and create a Catholic state under James,

散布谣言称法国入侵 并要扶持詹姆斯建立一个天主教英国时

he tripped the Guy Fawkes alert.

他掀起了又一场"盖伊·福克斯阴谋"

And when the magistrate investigating the charges

当地方官调查这项指控时

was found mysteriously murdered on Primrose Hill,

他被发现 离奇地死于普林姆斯山

it seemed obvious that Oates knew what he was talking about.

很明显奥茨所言非虚

It set the jittery country right over the edge.

这使得已经不安的国家 彻底爆发

Anti-Catholic violence swept the country.

反天主教的怒火横扫整个国家

Riots, burnings, lynch mobs, kangaroo courts.

暴乱四起 火光冲天 私刑泛滥

For some politicians, the ugly mood of the country was a golden opportunity to press their favourite cause.

对于一些政客来说 整个国家的紧张局面 却是他们实现一己私欲的最佳时机

James, Duke of York,should never be allowed to sit on the throne.

詹姆斯 约克公爵 将永远不能登上王位

He had to be excluded.

他必须被驱逐

Anything to stop the cycle of religious wars from breaking out again.

只要能够阻止 宗教战争在英国重演

It was an extraordinary crisis in the history of the British monarchy.

对于英国的君主政体 这无疑是一场巨大的危机

For it stake were not only the lives of hundreds of those victimised by all the lies and hysteria,

这次的赌注不仅仅是被谎言冲昏头脑的 无辜人们的生命

but the fate of the polity itself.

而是整个政体的命运

Because to concede exclusion was to accept parliament had the right to judge who was fit or unfit to occupy the throne.

因为同意放逐 也就是承认议会有权决定 谁能来登上王位

And that was a concession Charles II was absolutely not about to make.

而这个让步是查理二世 绝对不能接受的

词汇解析

1、invasion

武装入侵;侵略

seven years after the Roman invasion of Britain.

罗马人入侵英国7年以后

He was commander in chief during the invasion of Panama.

在侵略巴拿马的战役中他是总司令。

(令人不快的或难以对付的人或事物的)大批进入，涌入

this year's annual invasion of flies, wasps and ants.

今年，苍蝇、黄蜂和蚂蚁同往年一样的大批进犯

Seaside resorts such as Blackpool and Brighton are preparing for a tourist invasion.

像布莱克浦与布赖顿这样的海滨胜地正为游客的大批涌入做准备。

侵扰;干扰

Is reading a child's diary always a gross invasion of privacy?

偷看孩子的日记一定是对个人隐私的严重侵犯吗？

the first skirmish in the invasion of the British Parliament by Brussels.

布鲁塞尔干扰英国议会的首次摩擦

2、exclude

将…排除在外;不包括

The Academy excluded women from its classes.

该学院不招收女学生。

The army should be excluded from political life.

军队不应该涉足政治。

拒绝;阻止

They eat only plant foods, and take care to exclude animal products from other areas of their lives.

他们只吃素食，在生活的其他方面也注意拒绝使用动物产品。

In some schools, Christmas carols are being modified to exclude any reference to Christ.

某些学校正在对圣诞颂歌进行修改，删除提及耶稣的内容。