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Nonetheless, it seemed that the prince couldn't put a foot wrong.

尽管如此 看起来王子并没有走错一步

When his army faced the Hanoverians at the Battle of Prestonpans,

他的军队在普雷斯顿潘一战 与汉诺威王朝的正规军狭路相逢

they won a resounding victory.

大获全胜

At Holyroodhouse,debate raged as to what to do next.

而在好莱路德宫 胜方正为下一步棋该怎么走而争论不休

The Highland chiefs, sceptical of finding support in England,

高地的首领认为很难在英格兰得到拥护

advised Charles to make the Stuarts masters of the north,but to go no further.

于是建议查尔斯加冕斯图亚特北方之王 且就此止步

But for Charles, nothing less than a conquest of England would do and he won the day by a single vote.

然而对查尔斯而言 没什么比征服英格兰更重要了 他以一票的微弱优势通过了自己的提案

The Jacobites were on their way south.

詹姆斯二世党人即将南征

In rapid succession, Carlisle, Lancaster, Preston and Manchester

卡莱尔 兰开斯特 普林斯顿 曼彻斯特纷纷投戈

all fell to the prince's army without a shot being fired in their defence.

未费一兵一卒 便臣服于王子军脚下

With the Jacobites approaching Derby at the beginning of December

12月初 当詹姆斯二世党军逼近德比时

and the bulk of His Majesty's forces of fighting in Europe,

国王军主力仍在欧洲战场脱身不得

there was something close to pandemonium in London and the south.

伦敦与南方几乎成为炼狱

There was a run on the Bank of England and all the shops in London closed.

英格兰银行上演挤兑风波 伦敦的店铺纷纷关门

The handful of soldiers left to protect the capital were not,

留守首都的少量士兵

shall we say, of the kind of calibre to inspire much confidence.

可以说 根本无心出战

词汇解析

1、conquest

征服;占领

He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939.

1939年，他指挥了攻占波兰南部的行动。

After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.

诺曼征服之后，这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。

（爱情或性关系方面的）俘虏，征服

Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.

尽管他俘获过很多女人的芳心，却依然孤单寂寞。

men who boast about their sexual conquests to all their friends.

向所有朋友吹嘘自己如何搞定女人的男人

克服;攻克

The conquest of inflation has been the Government's overriding economic priority for nearly 15 years.

遏制通货膨胀是政府近15年来经济工作方面的头等大事。

2、capital

资本;资金

Companies are having difficulty in raising capital.

各公司融资困难。

A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.

一大笔资金投入了各分公司。

(工商业活动的)中心

Colmar has long been considered the capital of the wine trade.

科尔马长期以来一直被视为葡萄酒贸易中心。

New York, the fashion capital of the world.

纽约,世界时尚之都