世界大战

Two world wars in the 20th punctuated the brutal nature of humanity.

20世纪的两次世界大战见证了人性的凶残本质。

The pace quickened when in 1939 World War II began in Europe.

时的速度加快， 1939 年第二次世界大战开始在欧洲。

In August 1917, World War I raged in northern France.

1917年的8月，第一次世界大战在法国的北部激烈的进行。

In August 1917, World War I raged in northern France.

一九一七年八月，第一次世界大战在法国北部激烈进行。

And the use of petrochemical inputs, rarities before World War II, had soared.

在2次世界大战前仍相当罕见的石化产物，使用率也有相当惊人的成长。

He was promoted to the rank of corporal. The defeat of Germany triggered Hitler's thought on extreme nationalism. He was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 and declared dictatorship. In 1935, Hitler rearmed Germany and started to annex European territories. In 1939, he conquered Poland and started the Second World War. In 1945, Germany was defeated by the Allies, Hitler committed suicide.

德国的战败激发希特拉极端民族主义的思想，他於1933年被委任为德国总理，随即确立了独裁者的地位。1935年，他重新武装德国，开始吞并欧洲领土。1939年，希特拉进攻波兰，触发第二次世界大战。1945年，德国遭盟军击败，希特拉自杀身亡。

However backbreaking the labor of building the pyramids may have been, the ancient Egyptians did not mind it because they knew that what they were doing redounded to the greater glory of Egypt as a nation.

在第二次世界大战期间，哈耶克写了一本书，叫《通向奴役的道路》，尽管其内容有夸张之处，对过度倚重计划的经济却抱有真诚的愤满不平之意。

I always thought the dramatically different ways Fulbright and Rusk viewed Vietnam were due in part to the very different times when they were young Rhodes scholars in England. When Fulbright went to Oxford in 1925, the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I was being implemented. It imposed harsh financial and political burdens on Germany, and redrew the map of Europe and the Middle East after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires.

我一直以为，富布赖特和拉斯克对越南之所以有如此截然不同的看法，某种程度上是由于他们年轻时在英国，虽然都是罗兹奖学金获得者，但所处的时代极不相同。1925年富布赖特到牛津时，宣告第一次世界大战结束的《凡尔赛条约》已开始实施，德国承受了沉重的经济与政治负担，奥匈帝国和奥斯曼帝国垮台后的欧洲与中东版图也被重新划分。

Abolished in1790, it was reinstated by Napoleon and remained in effect until after the Second World War.

在1790年被废除，它由拿破仑复原了原来和有效继续直到在第二次世界大战之后。

Only in the last few years has capital market integration rivaled that before the First World War.

只是在最近几年，资本市场融合程度才达到第一次世界大战之前的水平。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。