查询词典 Themistocles

It was well said by Themistocles, to the king of Persia, That speech was like cloth of Arras, opened and putabroad; whereby the imagery doth appear infigure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs.

有一件事却是很值得惊奇的（我把它说了出来就此结束关于友谊底第一种功效的话语），那就是，一个人向朋友宣泄私情的这件事能产生两种相反的结果，它既能使欢乐倍增，又能使忧愁减半。

When Themistocles of Athens was the most renowned leader in all Greece, a politician from the small town of Larissa said to him, A great deal of your fame arises from the accident of your birth in Athens.

雅典的狄密斯托克利，一度是全希腊声望最隆的领袖；小城拉里萨来的一个政客对他说：「先生邀天之幸，生于雅典，遂得大名；若生于拉里萨，何能有今日成就。

It was quite at the end of this period that the war with Aegina and the prospect of the barbarian invasion enabled Themistocles to persuade the Athenians to build the fleet with which they fought at Salamis; and even these vessels had not complete decks.

就在和Aegina的战争时期结束的时候，对外族人入侵的预计促使Themistocles说服Athenian人建造了在Salamis海战中作战的舰队；即便是这些船也没有完整的甲板。

Both did; this was no zero-sum battle in which Xerxes had to lose in order for Themistocles to win .

这不是如同薛西斯一世必须战败德米斯托克利斯才能打胜的零和战争。

"Nor you, had you been born in Athens," Themistocles replied.

狄密斯托克利说：「先生若生于雅典，亦何能有今日成就。

The strategy was to be that which had been spelled out by Themistocles much earlier, with some modifications: Athens was not attempt to defeat the Peloponnesian army, which was probably unbeatable on land, but was to rely mainly on its navy.

雅典的战略是较早前由塞米斯托克利制定的，但有一些修改：雅典并不试图击败伯罗奔尼撒军队，在陆地上他们是难以击败的，雅典主要依赖他们的海军。

I might answer them as Themistocles answered the Seriphian who was abusing him and saying that he was famous, not for his own merits but because he was an Athenian: 'If you had been a native of my country or I of yours, neither of us would have been famous.

我将以索米斯托克勒斯回答塞利弗人的方式去回答他们，那个塞利弗人曾经辱骂他，说他并非因美德而著称，只不过因为他是个雅典人而已：'如果你跟我交换一下国籍，我们就都不是什么名人了。

Both did; this was no zero-sum battle in which Xerxes had to lose in order for Themistocles to ''.'win'.''.

赢'。''了。这不是如同薛西斯一世必须战败德米斯托克利斯才能打胜的零和战争。

It was well said by Themistocles to the king of Persia that speech was like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad; whereby the imagery appears in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs".

塞密斯托科利特对波斯的国王说得好：&语言就如同一块展开的花毯，上面的图案展现在外；而思想却包裹在语言的里面。&（ Themistocles 塞密斯托科利特：公元前524--公元前460，享年64，雅典政治家。

After the battle of Salamis in 480 BC, in which Athens under Themistocles used their navy to defeat the much larger Persian navy and forced the Persian king to retreat, a number of Athenian allies were irked by Themistocles' frequent demands for money.

公元前四八○年萨拉米斯一役，雅典在地米斯托克利领导下，出动海军，打败了比他们庞大得多的波斯海军，波斯王不得不退兵。战后，地米斯托克利多次向一些盟邦要钱，令他们十分不满。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷