Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 4

English → Chinese CHAPTER I. Level 7/10

Now, in the language of Frederick Schlegel, "the deeper and more comprehensive the researches of the moderns have been, the more their regard and esteem for Herodotus has increased." Buckle says, "His minute information about Egypt and Asia Minor is admitted by all geographers."

现在，用弗雷德里克·施莱格尔的话来说，"现代人的研究越深入、越全面，他们对希罗多德的敬重与推崇就越高。"巴克尔说："他关于埃及和小亚细亚的详尽记述，已得到所有地理学家的认可。"

There was a time when the expedition sent out by Pharaoh Necho to circumnavigate Africa was doubted, because the explorers stated that after they had progressed a certain distance the sun was north of them; this circumstance, which then aroused suspicion, now proves to us that the Egyptian navigators had really passed the equator, and anticipated by 2100 years Vasquez de Gama in his discovery of the Cape of Good Hope.

曾经有一段时期，法老尼科派遣的环航非洲探险队受到质疑，因为探险者们声称，当他们航行到一定距离后，太阳位于他们的北方；这一当时引发怀疑的情况，如今却向我们证明，埃及航海者确实越过了赤道，并比瓦斯科·达·伽马发现好望角早了整整两千一百年。

If I succeed in demonstrating the truth of the somewhat startling propositions with which I commenced this chapter, it will only be by bringing to bear upon the question of Atlantis a thousand converging lines of light from a multitude of researches made by scholars in different fields of modern thought.

如果我能够成功地证明本章开篇所提出的那些颇为惊人的命题的真实性，那也只能是通过将现代思想各领域学者所做的大量研究中汇聚而来的千条光线，集中照射于亚特兰蒂斯这一问题之上才能实现。

Further investigations and discoveries will, I trust, confirm the correctness of the conclusions at which I have arrived.

我相信，进一步的调查与发现将会证实我所得出的结论的正确性。

Vocabulary

现在: xiànzài — Now; at the present time
用: yòng — To use; to employ something
的: de — Possessive/attributive particle; of
话: huà — Words; speech; spoken language
来: lái — To come; used as directional complement
说: shuō — To say; to speak; to explain
现代人: xiàndài rén — Modern people; people of the present era
研究: yánjiū — To research; to study in depth
越: yuè — The more; increasingly; to exceed
深入: shēnrù — Deep; thorough; to go deeply into
全面: quánmiàn — Comprehensive; all-round; thorough
他们: tāmen — They; them (third-person plural)
对: duì — Toward; regarding; correct
敬重: jìngzhòng — To respect deeply; to hold in high regard
与: yǔ — And; with; together with
推崇: tuīchóng — To hold in high esteem; to admire greatly
就: jiù — Then; precisely; just; as much as
高: gāo — High; tall; elevated in degree
他: tā — He; him (third-person singular male)
关于: guānyú — Regarding; about; concerning a topic
埃及: Āijí — Egypt; country in northeastern Africa
和: hé — And; together with; peaceful
小亚细亚: Xiǎo Yàxìyà — Asia Minor; peninsula in modern Turkey
详尽: xiángjìn — Detailed and thorough; exhaustive in description
记述: jìshù — Account; written description of events
已: yǐ — Already; to have done something
得到: dédào — To obtain; to receive; to gain
所有: suǒyǒu — All; every; everything owned
地理学家: dìlǐ xuéjiā — Geographer; scholar of geography
认可: rènkě — To approve; to endorse; to recognize officially
曾经: céngjīng — Once; at some time in the past
有: yǒu — To have; there is/are; to exist
一段: yī duàn — A period; a section; a stretch of time
时期: shíqī — Period; era; phase of time
法老: fǎlǎo — Pharaoh; ancient Egyptian ruler
派遣: pàiqiǎn — To dispatch; to send on a mission
环航: huánháng — To circumnavigate; to sail around completely
非洲: Fēizhōu — Africa; the continent of Africa
探险队: tànxiǎn duì — Expedition team; group of explorers
受到: shòudào — To receive; to be subjected to something
质疑: zhìyí — To question; to cast doubt upon something
因为: yīnwèi — Because; due to; for the reason that
探险者: tànxiǎn zhě — Explorer; person who explores unknown regions
们: men — Plural suffix for pronouns and people
声称: shēngchēng — To claim; to assert; to profess something
当: dāng — When; while; at the time of
航行: hángxíng — To sail; to navigate; voyage by water
到: dào — To arrive; to reach; until
一定: yīdìng — Certain; a certain degree; definitely
距离: jùlí — Distance; the space between two points
后: hòu — After; behind; later in time
太阳: tàiyáng — The sun; solar star of Earth's system
位于: wèiyú — To be located at; to be situated in
北方: běifāng — North; the northern direction or region
这一: zhè yī — This; this particular (one thing)
当时: dāngshí — At that time; back then; in those days
引发: yǐnfā — To trigger; to cause; to give rise to
怀疑: huáiyí — To doubt; to suspect; suspicion
情况: qíngkuàng — Situation; circumstances; state of affairs
如今: rújīn — Nowadays; at present; these days
却: què — But; yet; however; on the contrary
向: xiàng — Toward; in the direction of
我们: wǒmen — We; us (first-person plural)
证明: zhèngmíng — To prove; to demonstrate; proof
航海者: hánghǎi zhě — Mariner; sailor; seafarer who navigates oceans
确实: quèshí — Indeed; truly; certainly; in fact
越过: yuèguò — To cross over; to go beyond a boundary
了: le — Completion particle; indicates action done
赤道: chìdào — The equator; imaginary line around Earth's middle
并: bìng — And; moreover; simultaneously
比: bǐ — Compared to; than; more than
发现: fāxiàn — To discover; to find; a discovery
好望角: Hǎowàng Jiǎo — Cape of Good Hope; southern tip of Africa
早: zǎo — Early; earlier than; long ago
整整: zhěngzhěng — Exactly; a full; an entire amount
两千一百: liǎng qiān yī bǎi — Two thousand one hundred; the number 2100
年: nián — Year; annual; relating to a year
如果: rúguǒ — If; supposing that; in the event that
我: wǒ — I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
能够: nénggòu — To be able to; capable of doing something
成功: chénggōng — To succeed; success; achieving a goal
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
本章: běn zhāng — This chapter; the current chapter of text
开篇: kāipiān — Opening of a piece; beginning of writing
所: suǒ — Particle nominalizing verbs; that which is
提出: tíchū — To put forward; to raise; to propose
那些: nàxiē — Those; referring to previously mentioned things
颇为: pōwéi — Quite; rather; considerably; fairly
惊人: jīngrén — Astonishing; amazing; startling; surprising
命题: mìngtí — Proposition; thesis; a stated claim
真实性: zhēnshíxìng — Authenticity; truthfulness; validity of facts
那: nà — Then; in that case; that
也: yě — Also; too; as well; even
只能: zhǐ néng — Can only; be able to do nothing but
是: shì — To be; is; am; are
通过: tōngguò — Through; by means of; to pass through
将: jiāng — Will; about to; future action marker
现代: xiàndài — Modern; contemporary; the modern era
思想: sīxiǎng — Thought; ideology; ideas; way of thinking
各: gè — Each; every; various; respective
领域: lǐngyù — Field; domain; area of activity or study
学者: xuézhě — Scholar; academic; learned person
所做: suǒ zuò — That which is done; work carried out
大量: dàliàng — Large quantity; a great amount of something
中: zhōng — Among; in the middle; within
汇聚: huìjù — To converge; to gather together; to accumulate
而来: ér lái — Coming from; derived from a source
光线: guāngxiàn — Light ray; beam of light
集中: jízhōng — To concentrate; to focus; to centralize
照射: zhàoshè — To illuminate; to shine upon; irradiation
于: yú — At; in; on; formal preposition of location
问题: wèntí — Problem; question; issue; matter
之上: zhī shàng — Above; upon; on top of something
才能: cáinéng — Only then can; talent; ability
实现: shíxiàn — To achieve; to realize; to make happen
相信: xiāngxìn — To believe; to trust; to have faith in
进一步: jìn yī bù — Further; one step further; additionally
调查: diàochá — To investigate; to survey; investigation
将会: jiāng huì — Will; shall; is going to in future
证实: zhèngshí — To verify; to confirm; to substantiate
得出: déchū — To arrive at; to obtain a conclusion
结论: jiélùn — Conclusion; final judgment; outcome of reasoning
正确性: zhèngquèxìng — Correctness; accuracy; validity of something

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