a great number of persons concerned were called up【軍】召集 Perjury背信棄義, oppression壓迫,壓制, subornation唆使;收買, fraud, pandarism, and
the like infirmities體弱,虛弱
some confessed they owed their greatness and wealth to sodomy, or incest; others, to the prostituting of their own wives and daughters; others, to
the betraying of their country or their prince; some, to poisoning; more to the perverting of justice, in order to destroy the innocent abate減少,減弱,減輕
apt to有...傾向的
pay to persons
of high rogues惡棍,流氓
dejected沮喪的,情緒低落的,氣餒的 looks, and in the meanest habit氣質
on a scaffold斷頭臺;絞刑架 or a
gibbet.”
Actium(The Battle of Actium was the decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic. It was fought between the forces of Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The battle
took place on 2 September 31 BC, on the Ionian Sea near the Roman colony of Actium in Greece. Octavian's fleet was commanded by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, while Antony's fleet was supported by the ships of his beloved, Cleopatra VII, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt.) extenuated企圖減輕(罪行等);為...找藉口
at many parallel cases in other countries pillage搶劫,掠奪
denominations宗派,教派
unbraced使放鬆, 使衰弱
sinews腱and muscles rendered the flesh loose and rancid有腐臭油脂味的;腐臭的;令人作嘔的.
I descended so low English yeoman自耕農;自由民;(國王或貴族的)侍從
valour英勇,勇氣,勇猛
prostituted濫用(才能等)
have acquired every vice and corruption that can
possibly be learned in a court lenity慈悲;寬大
furnish供應;提供me with provisions, and see me on board
the
trade【氣】貿易風,信風[the P] wind（穩定向赤道並向西）
shoals淺灘;沙洲
a cable’ 錨鏈s length
inadvertence不注意;怠慢;疏忽
sentry站崗;看守,警衛 maintained all the time at the king’s charge despatch急件 retinue (總稱)隨員,扈從 footstool腳凳[C]( A footstool is a piece of furniture, the purpose of which is to support one's feet. There are two main types of footstools, which can be loosely categorized into two categories, those designed for comfort and those designed for function.).”
strewed鋪蓋;點綴[(+with)] with dust his mouth so crammed把...塞進[(+into)];把...塞滿,把...擠滿 clemency仁慈;寬厚 To return from this digression離題;脫軌. May your celestial majesty outlive the sun I desired leave許可,同意to bring my interpreter high-chamberlain國王(或貴族)的內侍, 宮廷大臣;貴族的管家 countenanced贊同;支持,鼓勵 infallible絕對可靠的;絕對有效的 copious冗長的;滔滔不絕的 I had frequently run over the whole systemhow I should employ myself, and pass the time, if I were sure to live forever. to excel all others in learning impartially公平地 I would never marry after threescore【古】六十[U] fortified (在肉體,精神等方面)增強,加強by numerous examples Add to this, … imbecility愚笨的言行 in the prime of youth, attended with prosperity and health;but how he would pass a perpetual life under all the usual disadvantageswhich old age brings along with it. incited激勵;激起;煽動by the extremity of grief or torture disposition傾向;意向 they grew melancholy and
dejected使沮喪,使灰心 infirmities疾病,病症of other old men opinionative有意見的;根據意見的;固執己見的, peevish易怒的,乖戾的,好抱怨的 covetous垂涎的;貪圖的;渴望的 morose脾氣壞的;陰鬱的;孤僻的 dotage老耄;老迷糊 pittance少量(或僅足餬口)的津貼;很少數量 meers and bounds邊界;領域 living like foreigners in their own country that I was a great traveller, and had seen all the world scanty不足的;缺乏的;貧乏的allowance the most mortifying令人感到屈辱的;使人羞愧的;痛心的sight I ever beheld my keen appetite for perpetuity of life was much abated減少,減弱,減輕. 對(價格)打折扣 rallied (重新)集合,重整 in the like circumstances avarice貪婪,貪慾 proprietors of the whole nation engross使全神貫注 a little out of the common way At landing, I showed the custom-house officers my letter from the king of Luggnagg to his imperial majesty.
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