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In February 1689,William of Orange and Mary Stuart

在1689年2月 威廉·奥兰治和玛丽·斯图亚特

were proclaimed King and Queen of England.

加冕为英国的国王和皇后

But during the ceremony, something profoundly novel happened.

但是在加冕仪式上 从未有过的事情发生了

A Declaration of Rights was read out

仪式上宣读了一份权利法案

listing the conditions under which the new monarchs would be allowed to sit on the throne.

上面罗列了新君主登基后 所需遵循的条款

Parliament had changed the job description of the ruler.

议会改变了统治者的职责

It turned out that the country did not need Leviathan.

这个国家并不需要一手遮天的人

What it wanted a chairman of the board,

而是需要一个董事会主席

and Dutch William fitted that role to a tee.

而荷兰的威廉恰恰符合这个条件

William III would fight his wars by asking,

威廉三世若要发动战争

not demanding funds from the elected representatives of the people.

他需要请求资金 而不是从人民的代表手中索要

Ruling together with parliament,

国王和议会共同治理国家

his government looked remarkably like a reasonable version

他的统治与奥利弗·克伦威尔的摄政相比

of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate.

是更加理智的方案

History has called this a "Glorious Revolution".

历史上将此称作 "光荣革命"

It was probably neither,

也许它既不"光荣" 也非"革命"

but afterwards,the British monarchy would never be the same again.

但是在这以后 英国旧有的君主制一去不复返

词汇解析

1、turn out

(以某种方式)发生;最后是;结果是

If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.

如果我早知道自己的人生结局会是如此，我当时宁愿让他们杀了我。

Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.

有时事情并不像我们认为的那样发展。

原来是;结果发现

Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong.

科斯格雷夫的预测最后证明是大错特错。

It turned out that I knew the person who got shot.

结果发现我认识那个中枪的人。

(尤指把某人从其长期居住处)撵走，赶出,逐出

Surely nobody would suggest turning him out of the house.

当然不会有人建议把他从房子里赶出去。

They were turned out of the hotel.

他们被赶出了旅馆。

2、description

描述;形容;叙述;说明

Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty.

警方已经发布了那名年龄在 50 到 60 岁之间的男子的相貌特征通告。

a detailed description of the movements and battle plans of Italy's fleet.

有关意大利舰队的行动和作战计划的详细说明

种类;类型;性质

the oldest Catholic church of any description in England.

英国所有天主教堂中最古老的一座

Events of this description occurred daily.

这类事件天天发生。

无法描述；难以形容

His face is weary beyond description.

他一脸难以形容的疲惫。

We were in a disaster situation that defies description.

我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。