The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 9
这是1680年的记录:1906年,一位多明我会的抄录者在记录中添加了一条极具启发性的注释,揭示了这一制度的不变性,并表明统治者在最高程度上具有波旁式的特质——既不吸取教训,也不忘记任何事情:
This in 1680: the Dominican transcriber of the record in 1906 has added a very illuminating note, revealing the immutability of the system and showing that the rulers possessed in a superlative degree the Bourbonesque trait of learning nothing and forgetting nothing:
「即使在我1882年至1892年作为传教士向异教徒传教期间,我也曾有机会观察上述政策,向要塞长官告知他应当采取的措施,并在另一方面制造假象,使其对要塞不产生影响。」
"Even when I was a missionary to the heathens from 1882 to 1892, I had occasion to observe the said policy, to inform the chief of the fortress of the measures that he ought to take, and to make a false show on the other side so that it might have no influence on the fortress."
由此可见,这是一个通过欺诈与武力建立并维持的制度,按照自然规律,它只能在欺骗得以持续、镇压力量保持足够强大的情况下才能延续。
Thus it stands out in bold relief as a system built up and maintained by fraud and force, bound in the course of nature to last only as long as the deception could be carried on and the repressive force kept up to sufficient strength.
维持这一制度需要将不同地区相互隔离,使其无法形成共同的理解与合作,而其长久存在则有赖于使民众保持无知、安于现状,并通过宗教与政治恐惧对其实施严格控制。
Its maintenance required that the different sections be isolated from each other so that there could be no growth toward a common understanding and cooeperation, and its permanence depended upon keeping the people ignorant and contented with their lot, held under strict control by religious and political fear.
然而,与他们昔日的生活方式相比,这毕竟是一大进步,随着他们在这样的制度下成长,他们的处境也得到了改善。
Yet it was a vast improvement over their old mode of life and their condition was bettered as they grew up to such a system.
Vocabulary
- This
- 指代近处或刚提到的人或物
- in
- 表示位置、时间或状态的介词
- the
- 英语定冠词,用于特指名词
- of
- 表所有格、来源或组成关系的介词
- record
- 记录、档案或成绩
- has
- 助动词have的第三人称单数形式
- added
- 加入、增加或补充
- very
- 非常、很或极其
- illuminating
- 启发性的或能说明问题的
- note
- 笔记、音符或注意
- revealing
- 显露或揭示的
- system
- 系统、制度或体系
- and
- 连接词,表示并列关系
- showing
- 显示、表明或演示
- that
- 那个或引导从句的连接词
- rulers
- 统治者、尺子或管理人员
- possessed
- 拥有、占有或具有
- superlative
- 最高的、最优的或超级的
- degree
- 程度、学位或等级
- trait
- 特征、性状或品质
- learning
- 学习或学问
- nothing
- 没有什么、无或毫无
- forgetting
- 遗忘、忘记或不记得
- Even
- 甚至、即使或平坦的
- when
- 当...时候或什么时候
- was
- be动词过去式
- missionary
- 传教士或布道者
- to
- 不定式标记或表方向的介词
- from
- 来自、从或表起点的介词
- had
- have的过去式
- occasion
- 场合、时机或引起
- observe
- 观察、注意或遵守
- said
- 说的或上述的
- policy
- 政策、方针或保单
- inform
- 通知、告知或提供信息
- chief
- 首领、主要的或头目
- fortress
- 堡垒、要塞或防御工事
- measures
- 措施、度量或步骤
- he
- 他或男性代词
- ought
- 应该或应当
- take
- 拿取、采取或花费
- make
- 制造、制作或使
- false
- 假的、错的或不实的
- show
- 展示、显示或表演
- on
- 在...上或打开
- other
- 其他的、另一个
- side
- 旁边、侧面或一方
- so
- 所以、因此或那样
- it
- 它或代词
- might
- 可能、也许或力量
- have
- 有、拥有或助动词
- no
- 没有、无或否定
- influence
- 影响、影响力或势力
- Thus
- 因此、所以或这样
- stands
- 站立、坚持或地位
- out
- 出来、向外或突出
- bold
- 大胆的、粗体或勇敢的
- relief
- 救济、浮雕或缓解
- as
- 作为、如同或当...时
- built
- 建造、建设或体格
- up
- 向上、增加或积累
- maintained
- 保持、维持或坚持
- by
- 由、被或通过
- fraud
- 欺诈、诈骗或骗局
- force
- 力量、强制或军队
- bound
- 束缚、界限或一定会
- course
- 过程、课程或当然
- nature
- 自然、性质或天性
- last
- 最后的、持续或坚持
- only
- 仅仅、只有或唯一
- long
- 长的、很久或渴望
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