The Prince — Page 3
他的青年时代与佛罗伦萨在洛伦佐·德·美第奇（即"伟大的洛伦佐"）的引领下作为意大利强权的鼎盛时期相重合。
His youth was concurrent with the greatness of Florence as an Italian power under the guidance of Lorenzo de' Medici, Il Magnifico.
美第奇家族于1494年在佛罗伦萨失势，同年马基雅维利进入公职。
The downfall of the Medici in Florence occurred in 1494, in which year Machiavelli entered the public service.
在他任职期间，佛罗伦萨在共和政府的治理下保持自由，这一局面延续至1512年，直到美第奇家族重新掌权，马基雅维利因此失去职位。
During his official career Florence was free under the government of a Republic, which lasted until 1512, when the Medici returned to power, and Machiavelli lost his office.
美第奇家族从1512年再度统治佛罗伦萨，直至1527年再次被驱逐出境。
The Medici again ruled Florence from 1512 until 1527, when they were once more driven out.
这一时期正是马基雅维利文学创作最为活跃、影响力日益增长的阶段；然而他在美第奇家族被驱逐后数周内便与世长辞，时为1527年6月22日，享年五十七岁，终究未能重返仕途。
This was the period of Machiavelli's literary activity and increasing influence; but he died, within a few weeks of the expulsion of the Medici, on 22nd June 1527, in his fifty-eighth year, without having regained office.
青年时期——1至25岁——1469至1494年
YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94
尽管有关马基雅维利青年时代的记载甚少，但那个年代的佛罗伦萨早已广为人知，因此不难想象这位典型市民早年所处的环境。
Although there is little recorded of the youth of Machiavelli, the Florence of those days is so well known that the early environment of this representative citizen may be easily imagined.
佛罗伦萨曾被描述为一座拥有两股截然相反的生命潮流的城市，一股由热忱严峻的萨沃纳罗拉所引领，另一股则由爱好华美的洛伦佐所主导。
Florence has been described as a city with two opposite currents of life, one directed by the fervent and austere Savonarola, the other by the splendour-loving Lorenzo.
萨沃纳罗拉对年轻的马基雅维利的影响必定微乎其微，因为尽管他曾一度对佛罗伦萨的命运拥有巨大的权力，却只不过为马基雅维利在《君主论》中提供了一个讽刺的素材——书中将他列举为一位没有好下场的手无寸铁的先知。
Savonarola's influence upon the young Machiavelli must have been slight, for although at one time he wielded immense power over the fortunes of Florence, he only furnished Machiavelli with a subject of a gibe in The Prince, where he is cited as an example of an unarmed prophet who came to a bad end.
Vocabulary
- His
- 属于他的；他的
- youth
- 年轻时期；青年时代
- was
- 是；存在
- concurrent
- 同时发生的；并行的
- with
- 与...一起；用
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- greatness
- 伟大；重要性或权力
- of
- 属于；来自
- as
- 作为；当...时候
- an
- 不定冠词，用于元音前
- Italian
- 意大利的；意大利人
- power
- 力量；权力；国家
- under
- 在...下面；在...统治下
- guidance
- 指导；领导；帮助
- The
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- downfall
- 衰落；失败；崩溃
- in
- 在...里面；在...时候
- occurred
- 发生；出现
- which
- 哪个；那个
- year
- 年；年份
- entered
- 进入；开始从事
- public
- 公众的；公共的
- service
- 服务；公共事业；工作
- During
- 在...期间；在...的时候
- official
- 官方的；官员的；正式的
- career
- 职业；事业；工作生涯
- free
- 自由的；不被统治的
- government
- 政府；统治；政治制度
- Republic
- 共和国；共和制政体
- lasted
- 持续；维持；保持
- until
- 直到；到...为止
- when
- 何时；当...时候
- returned
- 返回；回来；恢复
- to
- 到；向；对于
- and
- 和；并且；与
- lost
- 失去；丢失；输掉
- office
- 办公室；职位；职务
- again
- 再次；又一次
- ruled
- 统治；管理；控制
- from
- 来自；从...开始
- they
- 他们；她们；它们
- were
- 是；存在
- once
- 一次；曾经；从前
- more
- 更多的；再次；更
- driven
- 被驱赶；被迫离开
- out
- 出去；外出；离开
- This
- 这个；这一个
- period
- 时期；周期；时代
- literary
- 文学的；书面的
- activity
- 活动；积极性；行为
- increasing
- 增加；增长；提高
- influence
- 影响；势力；权势
- but
- 但是；然而；除了
- he
- 他；那个人
- died
- 死亡；去世
- within
- 在...之内；在...期间
- few
- 很少；少数的；几个
- weeks
- 周；星期；七天
- expulsion
- 驱逐；开除；赶出
- on
- 在...上；在...时候
- June
- 六月；冬季月份
- without
- 没有；不；除...之外
- having
- 有；拥有；获得
- regained
- 重新获得；恢复；重新得到
- YOUTH
- 年轻时期；青年时代
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