时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:跟着英剧练发音


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Then , in a minor 1 skirmish in central Wales ,  Llewellyn was killed by an anonymous 2 English  spearman.The final annihilation of resistancetook another six months before the King could claim Wales to be pacified 3.However, the subjugation 4 of Wales was far more subtle than the surgicalapplication of brute 5 force.Edward had the chilling, uncannily-modernknowledge that to break your enemy you must fist strip him of his culturalidentity. Before this place became called Conway by the English, it wasAberconwy. It was a monastery 6 that housed the tomb of the most powerful ofodermath Princes and was home to a sacred relic 7 that the Welsh believed to be apiece of the true Cross.


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但随后在威尔士中部的一次小规模战斗中,卢埃林殒命于一位无名的英格兰士兵矛下,抵抗又持续了六个月才得以平息。国王宣布威尔士的叛乱已被平定,但是对威尔士的彻底征服远比武力占领复杂微妙得多。爱德华在这方面有着让人不寒而栗的超前意识,要瓦解敌人必须首先动摇其民族认同感。在被英格兰人改名为康威前这里被称为阿拜康威。这座修道院里安葬着威尔士最有权势的王子们,这里也是被威尔士人视为真十字架残片的供奉地。[真十字架即耶稣受难十字架]



1 minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
2 anonymous
adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
3 pacified
使(某人)安静( pacify的过去式和过去分词 ); 息怒; 抚慰; 在(有战争的地区、国家等)实现和平
  • The baby could not be pacified. 怎么也止不住婴儿的哭声。
  • She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified. 她又尖叫了,无法使她平静下来。
4 subjugation
n.镇压,平息,征服
  • The Ultra-Leftist line was a line that would have wrecked a country, ruined the people, and led to the destruction of the Party and national subjugation. 极左路线是一条祸国殃民的路线,亡党亡国的路线。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • This afflicted German intelligence with two fatal flaws: inefficiency, and subjugation to a madman. 这给德国情报工作造成了两个致命的弱点,一个是缺乏效率,另一个是让一个疯子总管情报。 来自辞典例句
5 brute
n.野兽,兽性
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
6 monastery
n.修道院,僧院,寺院
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。
7 relic
n.神圣的遗物,遗迹,纪念物
  • This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
  • He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。
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