The Prince — Page 8
在此不可能详述意大利各邦国的变迁起伏——1507年，这些邦国受法国、西班牙和德意志的控制，其影响延续至今——我们所关注的，是那些事件以及其中的三位主角，但仅限于他们与马基雅维利其人相关之处。
It is impossible to follow here the varying fortunes of the Italian states, which in 1507 were controlled by France, Spain, and Germany, with results that have lasted to our day; we are concerned with those events, and with the three great actors in them, so far only as they impinge on the personality of Machiavelli.
他曾与法国国王路易十二多次会面，他对那位君主品格的评价此前已有所提及。
He had several meetings with Louis XII of France, and his estimate of that monarch's character has already been alluded to.
马基雅维利将阿拉贡的费迪南描绘为一个打着宗教旗号成就大事的人，而实际上此人毫无怜悯、信义、仁爱或诚信可言；倘若他真的受这些品德所左右，早就身败名裂了。
Machiavelli has painted Ferdinand of Aragon as the man who accomplished great things under the cloak of religion, but who in reality had no mercy, faith, humanity, or integrity; and who, had he allowed himself to be influenced by such motives, would have been ruined.
皇帝马克西米利安是那个时代最令人瞩目的人物之一，许多人曾为其立传描绘；而马基雅维利于1507至1508年以使节身份出使其宫廷，揭示了他屡遭失败的根由——马基雅维利描述他是一个行事隐秘、意志软弱之人，忽视推行计划所必需借助的人力因素，且从不坚持贯彻自己的意志。
The Emperor Maximilian was one of the most interesting men of the age, and his character has been drawn by many hands; but Machiavelli, who was an envoy at his court in 1507-8, reveals the secret of his many failures when he describes him as a secretive man, without force of character—ignoring the human agencies necessary to carry his schemes into effect, and never insisting on the fulfilment of his wishes.
马基雅维利仕途生涯的最后数年，充满了康布雷同盟引发的种种事件；该同盟缔结于1508年，由前述三大欧洲强国与教皇联合组成，目的在于摧毁威尼斯共和国。
The remaining years of Machiavelli's official career were filled with events arising out of the League of Cambrai, made in 1508 between the three great European powers already mentioned and the pope, with the object of crushing the Venetian Republic.
Vocabulary
- impossible
- 不可能的，无法做到的
- follow
- 跟随；追踪；理解某事的发展过程
- varying
- 不断变化的，各不相同的
- fortunes
- 命运；时运；兴衰变化
- Italian
- 意大利的；与意大利相关的
- states
- 国家；邦国；政治实体
- controlled
- 被控制的；受支配的
- results
- 结果；后果；影响
- lasted
- 持续；延续到某个时间
- concerned
- 关注的；关心的；与……有关
- events
- 事件；历史大事
- actors
- 参与者；重要角色；行为者
- impinge
- 对……产生影响；侵犯；冲击
- personality
- 个性；人格；性格特征
- several
- 几个；若干，表示数量不多
- meetings
- 会面；会议；见面的场合
- estimate
- 评价；判断；估计某人的品质
- monarch
- 君主；国王；最高统治者
- character
- 性格；品质；特征
- already
- 已经，表示动作已完成
- alluded
- 间接提及；暗指；影射
- painted
- 描绘；描述；刻画某人形象
- accomplished
- 完成；实现；达成某目标
- cloak
- 掩盖；借口；用来遮掩的幌子
- religion
- 宗教；信仰；宗教信仰
- reality
- 现实；实际情况；真实状态
- mercy
- 仁慈；怜悯；慈悲之心
- faith
- 信义；信念；忠诚；信仰
- humanity
- 人道；仁慈；人性；博爱之心
- integrity
- 正直；诚实；品格完整性
- allowed
- 允许；让……做某事
- influenced
- 受到影响；被……左右
- motives
- 动机；目的；行为的驱动原因
- ruined
- 被毁掉；陷入失败；彻底败落
- Emperor
- 皇帝；最高君主
- interesting
- 有趣的；引人注意的；令人好奇的
- age
- 时代；年代；历史时期
- drawn
- 被描绘；被刻画；被描述
- hands
- 笔者；作者；人手（by many hands指多人描述）
- envoy
- 特使；外交使节；代表
- court
- 宫廷；朝廷；君主的统治中心
- reveals
- 揭示；透露；展现隐藏的信息
- secret
- 秘密的；隐藏的；不为人知的
- failures
- 失败；失误；不成功的原因
- describes
- 描述；描绘；形容某人或某事
- secretive
- 爱保守秘密的；遮遮掩掩的
- force
- 力量；决断力；执行力
- ignoring
- 忽视；无视；不理会
- agencies
- 人为手段；媒介；执行力量
- necessary
- 必要的；不可缺少的
- carry
- 执行；推进；实施计划
- schemes
- 计划；方案；阴谋
- effect
- 实施；效果；执行结果
- insisting
- 坚持；坚决要求
- fulfilment
- 实现；履行；完成某种要求
- wishes
- 愿望；意愿；期望
- remaining
- 剩余的；余下的
- official
- 官方的；公务的；正式职务的
- career
- 职业生涯；从事某职位的经历
- filled
- 充满；占满；被……填满
- arising
- 产生；引起；由……引发
- League
- 同盟；联盟；联合协议
- European
- 欧洲的；与欧洲相关的
- powers
- 列强；强国；有权势的国家
- mentioned
- 提到的；之前所说的
- pope
- 教皇；罗马天主教的最高领袖
- object
- 目的；目标；宗旨
- crushing
- 压垮；摧毁；彻底打败
- Venetian
- 威尼斯的；与威尼斯相关的
- Republic
- 共和国；共和政体的国家
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