Meditations — Page 2
因此，安东尼努斯没有儿子，便收养了马可，将其名字改为世人所熟知的那个名字，并将女儿福斯蒂娜许配给他。
Hence it came about that Antoninus, having no son, adopted Marcus, changing his name to that which he is known by, and betrothed him to his daughter Faustina.
他的教育受到了无微不至的关怀。
His education was conducted with all care.
最优秀的老师被延请来教导他，他在严格的斯多葛哲学教义中接受训练，这也是他最大的乐趣所在。
The ablest teachers were engaged for him, and he was trained in the strict doctrine of the Stoic philosophy, which was his great delight.
他被教导朴素着装、简单生活，避免一切柔弱与奢靡。
He was taught to dress plainly and to live simply, to avoid all softness and luxury.
他的身体通过摔跤、狩猎和户外运动得到锻炼，尽管体质虚弱，他却展现出极大的个人勇气，敢于与最凶猛的野猪搏斗。
His body was trained to hardihood by wrestling, hunting, and outdoor games; and though his constitution was weak, he showed great personal courage to encounter the fiercest boars.
与此同时，他也被引导远离那个时代的种种放纵。
At the same time he was kept from the extravagancies of his day.
罗马当时最令人狂热的事物，是竞技场中所谓"派系"之间的争斗。
The great excitement in Rome was the strife of the Factions, as they were called, in the circus.
赛车驭手们通常选择四种颜色之一——红、蓝、白或绿——他们的拥护者为支持各自所属阵营所表现出的热情无与伦比。
The racing drivers used to adopt one of four colours--red, blue, white, or green--and their partisans showed an eagerness in supporting them which nothing could surpass.
骚乱与腐败随着赛车队伍如影随形，而马可对这一切都严格地保持着距离。
Riot and corruption went in the train of the racing chariots; and from all these things Marcus held severely aloof.
公元140年，马可被晋升为执政官；145年，他与福斯蒂娜完成婚礼，将此前的婚约变为正式的婚姻。
In 140 Marcus was raised to the consulship, and in 145 his betrothal was consummated by marriage.
两年后，福斯蒂娜为他生下一个女儿；此后不久，护民官职位及其他帝国荣誉也相继授予他。
Two years later Faustina brought him a daughter; and soon after the tribunate and other imperial honours were conferred upon him.
安东尼努斯·庇护于公元161年驾崩，马可随即承继帝位。
Antoninus Pius died in 161, and Marcus assumed the imperial state.
他立即与卢修斯共同执政。
He at once associated with himself L.
Vocabulary
- Hence
- 因此，由此，表示结果或推论
- about
- （与came搭配）发生，出现
- adopted
- 收养，正式接纳他人为子女
- betrothed
- 订婚，正式约定婚姻关系
- education
- 教育，培养知识和能力的过程
- conducted
- 进行，实施，主持某项活动
- ablest
- 最有能力的，最优秀的（able最高级）
- engaged
- 被雇用，被请来从事某项工作
- trained
- 训练，培养某种技能或思想
- strict
- 严格的，严谨的，不宽松的
- doctrine
- 教义，学说，一套信仰体系
- Stoic
- 斯多葛派的，古希腊哲学流派
- philosophy
- 哲学，研究世界和人生根本问题的学科
- delight
- 高兴，喜悦，极大的快乐
- plainly
- 朴素地，简单地，不华丽地
- simply
- 简单地，朴素地，不复杂地
- avoid
- 避免，防止某事发生
- softness
- 柔弱，软弱，缺乏坚韧的品质
- luxury
- 奢侈，享受昂贵舒适的生活方式
- hardihood
- 刚毅，勇气，不畏艰难的精神
- wrestling
- 摔跤，一种搏斗体育运动
- hunting
- 狩猎，追捕野生动物的活动
- outdoor
- 户外的，在室外进行的
- though
- 尽管，虽然，表示让步关系
- constitution
- 体质，身体的健康状况和体力
- personal
- 个人的，亲身的，与自身有关
- courage
- 勇气，面对危险时的无畏精神
- encounter
- 遭遇，面对，与……相遇或对抗
- fiercest
- 最凶猛的，fierce的最高级形式
- boars
- 野猪，未驯化的雄性猪（复数）
- extravagancies
- 放纵行为，奢侈过度的行为（复数）
- excitement
- 兴奋，激动，令人激动的状态
- strife
- 纷争，冲突，激烈的争斗
- Factions
- 派系，党派，内部对立的小团体
- circus
- 竞技场，古罗马赛车和表演的场所
- racing
- 赛车，赛跑，速度竞赛活动
- drivers
- 车夫，驾驶马车的人（复数）
- used
- （used to）过去常常，曾经习惯于
- adopt
- 采用，选择并支持某种立场
- partisans
- 支持者，党派拥护者（复数）
- eagerness
- 热切，渴望，强烈的积极性
- surpass
- 超越，超过，比……更好或更强
- Riot
- 暴乱，骚乱，无序的集体混乱行为
- corruption
- 腐败，堕落，道德或行为的败坏
- train
- （in train）随之产生，伴随发生
- chariots
- 战车，古代用马拉的两轮车（复数）
- severely
- 严格地，严厉地，非常严肃地
- aloof
- 疏远地，超然，故意保持距离
- raised
- 提升，晋升到更高职位
- consulship
- 执政官职位，古罗马最高行政职务
- betrothal
- 订婚，正式订立婚约的行为
- consummated
- 完成，实现，使婚姻或计划圆满完成
- tribunate
- 保民官职位，古罗马重要政治职务
- imperial
- 帝国的，皇帝的，与帝制有关
- honours
- 荣誉，尊荣，授予的头衔或称号
- conferred
- 授予，赋予，正式给予荣誉或职位
- upon
- 在……上，给予，正式语体的on
- assumed
- 承担，接手，就任某一职位
- state
- 权位，国家，最高统治地位
- once
- 立刻，马上，at once即立即
- associated
- 使结合，联合，与……共同执政
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