世纪末

By the end of 14th century,the knights' protective device had become very sophesticated.In addition to weapons,there were heary helmets,armour,and barde for horses,thus making the knights very clumsy in fighting.

到 14世纪末，骑士的防护装备达到顶点，铁叶甲、头盔、武器以及马的铠甲，使骑士的作战显得非常笨重、机械，战马的奔跑速度和耐力也大打折扣。

They can be used to test atmospheric electricity and record the weather.

19世纪末20世纪初，人们利用风筝把侦察兵送到高空，让他们从高空观察敌人的部队。

"I would almost rather see you dead," Robert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist.

玛丽。卡莎特(Marry Cassatt， 1844-1926)是十九世纪末、二十世纪初期著名的美国女画家，同时，她亦是当时极少数能够活跃于欧洲的艺术家。

At first, the wisla's castle, converted from 10-century palace.

起初为维斯瓦人的城堡，10世纪末起改建王宫。

Russian art is considered as a precious treasure in human culture, especially after the great achievements of literature, music, drama and dance at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the russian art has come up with many great masters like kandinsky and chagall.

俄罗斯的艺术是人类文明的一份珍贵财产。尤其是十九世纪末、二十世纪初，俄罗斯的文学、音乐、戏剧、舞蹈都取得了巨大的成就。俄罗斯美术的发展，紧随文学、音乐之后，康定斯基、夏卡尔等，都是本世纪的大师。

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) is one of the most important English composers from late 19th century to early 20th century, whose works include art songs, choral music, chamber music, symphonies and movie music.

冯威廉斯（Ralph Vaughan Williams， 1872 - 1958）是十九世纪末至二十世纪中期英国作曲家，作品数量及种类繁多，从歌曲、合唱音乐、室内乐、交响乐到电影音乐都有涉略，是英国最重要的作曲家之一。

The British founded a settlement on Singapore Island in 1819, and by 1867 they had established the Straits Settlements, including Malacca, Singapore, and Penang. During the late 19th century, Chinese began to migrate to Malaya. Japan invaded Malaya in 1941 and captured Singapore in 1942. After Japan's defeat in 1945, opposition to British rule led to the creation of the United Malaya National Organization in 1946, and in 1948 the peninsula was federated with Penang.

约1400年苏门答腊流亡者建立了马六甲城邦，后来成为一个商业和伊斯兰教的中心，1511年为葡萄牙人占领。1641年荷兰人占领马六甲。1819年英国人在新加坡岛建立殖民地，到1867年建成海峡殖民地(包括马六甲、新加坡和槟榔屿)。19世纪末，中国人开始移民马来亚。1941年日本人入侵马来亚，1942年夺取新加坡。

The United Kingdom from the late 16th century the elimination of the Spanish Armada to the 17th century Thirty Years War, from the late 18th century the Napoleonic Wars to the early 20th century, the two Balkan wars, to the two world wars, almost all the European countries Volume came to be.

从16世纪末期英国消灭西班牙的无敌舰队到17世纪的三十年战争，从18世纪末的拿破仑战争到20世纪初的两次巴尔干战争，再到两次世界大战，几乎所有的欧洲国家都被卷了进来。

That same year he married Zelda Sayre, and the couple divided their time among New York, Paris, and the Riviera, becoming a part of the American expatriate circle that included Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos.

二十世纪末，美国学术界权威在百年英语文学长河中选出一百部最优秀的小说，凝聚了菲茨杰拉德过人才华的两部长篇小说《了不起的盖茨比》和《夜色温柔》均榜上有名，前者更高居第二位。

By the end of the 16th century, a new generation of composers, including John Dowland, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes and Thomas Morley were helping to bring the art of Elizabethan song to an extremely high musical level.

到16世纪末，新的一代的作曲家，包括约翰Dowland ，威廉伯德，魔术队本斯，托马斯Weelkes和托马斯莫烈帮助，使艺术伊丽莎白首歌具有极高的音乐水平。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。