The Prince — Page 14
紧随其后的是罗马的洗劫，消息传至佛罗伦萨后，民众党便摆脱了美第奇家族的枷锁，美第奇家族再度遭到放逐。
This was followed by the sack of Rome, upon the news of which the popular party at Florence threw off the yoke of the Medici, who were once more banished.
马基雅维利彼时不在佛罗伦萨，但他匆忙赶回，希望能重获昔日"自由与和平十人委员会"秘书一职。
Machiavelli was absent from Florence at this time, but hastened his return, hoping to secure his former office of secretary to the "Ten of Liberty and Peace."
不幸的是，他返回佛罗伦萨后不久便染病，于1527年6月22日在佛罗伦萨辞世。
Unhappily he was taken ill soon after he reached Florence, where he died on 22nd June 1527.
没有人知道马基雅维利的遗骨长眠何处，但现代佛罗伦萨已在圣十字圣殿为他建造了一座庄严的衣冠冢，与该城最负盛名的先贤并列。
No one can say where the bones of Machiavelli rest, but modern Florence has decreed him a stately cenotaph in Santa Croce, by the side of her most famous sons.
这座城市承认，无论其他国家在他的著作中发现了什么，意大利从中找到了统一的理念，以及在欧洲各国中复兴的萌芽。
recognizing that, whatever other nations may have found in his works, Italy found in them the idea of her unity and the germs of her renaissance among the nations of Europe.
尽管抗议他的名字在世界范围内所带有的邪恶含义已无济于事，但我们仍可指出，这一不祥声名所暗示的对其学说的严苛诠释，在他所处的时代其实并不为人所知。
Whilst it is idle to protest against the world-wide and evil signification of his name, it may be pointed out that the harsh construction of his doctrine which this sinister reputation implies was unknown to his own day.
近代的研究使我们得以对他作出更为合理的诠释，正是有赖于这些探究，那个长久萦绕于人们脑海中的"邪恶巫师"形象已开始逐渐消散。
and that the researches of recent times have enabled us to interpret him more reasonably. It is due to these inquiries that the shape of an "unholy necromancer," which so long haunted men's vision, has begun to fade.
Vocabulary
- This
- 指代近处的人或物
- was
- 是，过去式be动词
- followed
- 跟随，接在...之后
- by
- 被，表示动作的执行者
- the
- 定冠词，表特指
- sack
- 掠夺，摧毁，洗劫城市
- of
- 的，表所有关系
- upon
- 在...之上，当...时
- news
- 消息，新闻报道
- which
- 哪一个，引导从句
- popular
- 受欢迎的，大众的
- party
- 政党，党派
- at
- 在，位置或时间介词
- threw
- 扔，抛，推翻
- off
- 脱掉，摆脱
- who
- 谁，引导定语从句
- were
- 是，过去复数
- once
- 曾经，一次
- more
- 更多，再次
- absent
- 缺席的，不在的
- from
- 从，出发点
- time
- 时间，时代
- but
- 但是，然而
- hastened
- 加快，急忙
- his
- 他的，所有格
- return
- 返回，回来
- hoping
- 希望，寄望于
- to
- 到，向，不定式标记
- secure
- 获得，确保
- former
- 前的，先前的
- office
- 办公室，官职
- secretary
- 秘书，书记官
- Ten
- 十，数字
- Liberty
- 自由，解放
- and
- 和，与
- Peace
- 和平，安宁
- he
- 他，主格代词
- taken
- 带走，患病
- ill
- 生病的，患病
- soon
- 很快，不久
- after
- 在...之后
- reached
- 到达，抵达
- where
- 哪里，在...的地方
- died
- 死亡，去世
- on
- 在...上，日期
- 22nd
- 第二十二，序数词
- June
- 六月，月份
- No
- 不，没有
- one
- 一个，任何人
- can
- 能，可以
- say
- 说，讲
- bones
- 骨头，骸骨
- rest
- 安息，休息
- modern
- 现代的，当代的
- has
- 有，第三人称单数
- him
- 他，宾格代词
- in
- 在...内，介词
- side
- 一边，旁边
- her
- 她的，所有格
- most
- 最，大多数
- famous
- 著名的，有名的
- sons
- 儿子，后代
- recognizing
- 认识到，承认
- that
- 那，引导从句
- whatever
- 不论什么
- other
- 其他的，另外的
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