大不列颠的

The scientists found that the ship's builder, Harland and Wolff, in Belfast, struggled for years to obtain adequate supplies of rivets and riveters to build the world's three biggest ships at once: the Titanic and two sisters, Olympic and Britannic.

科学家发现船的建造者，哈蓝德和沃尔弗曾在贝尔法斯特花了数年功夫来寻找充足的铆钉和打铆机来同时打造世界上最大的三艘巨轮，泰坦尼克号和其他两搜兄弟巨轮，奥林匹克和大不列颠。

The Stone of Destiny has been revered for centuries as a holy relic, fought over by nations and used successively by Dalriadic, Scottish, English and British monarchs as an important part of their enthronement ceremonies.

人们视命运之石为神圣之物，对它的崇敬已有几个世纪之久，很多国家为它而争斗不休，达尔里阿迪克、苏格兰、英格兰和大不列颠王国的君主们相继将它列为登基典礼的一个重要部分。

The annual revenue of her Government amounted to 300,000 gold gulden (fifteen million francs of our present money), considerably more than the revenue of the kingdoms of Naples and Aragon at that period, and more than that of Great Britain and Ireland under Queen Elizabeth.

政府的年收入多达300，000金基尔德，相当于同期那不勒斯和阿拉贡两国的收入还要多，也比伊丽莎白女王治下的大不列颠及爱尔兰多些。

Originally it was brought to southeastern Great Britain in the 5th century AD by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany as well as Jutland.

而最初，这种语言是在五世纪的时候被一群从不同所在前来的日耳曼移民者们带到大不列颠岛的，这些移民者们有的来自德国西北，还有些是来自日德兰半岛。

In Great Britain and Ireland, the Moravian Church numbered on the 31st of December, 1906, 41 congregations, with a total membership of 6,343; an increase of 211 on 1905; 5,072 pupils attended Sunday schools, with 568 teachers; there were also 213 pupils, with 5 teachers, in 5 day schools, and 305 scholars, with 38 teachers, in 5 boarding schools.

在大不列颠及爱尔兰，摩拉维亚教会编号对1906年12月31日， 41岁的毕业典礼，共有成员6343年；增加了211对1905年； 5072名学生参加了周日学校，有568人的教师；此外，还有213名学生， 5个教师，在为期5天的学校，和305学者， 38个教师， 5个寄宿制学校。

But we must remember that Britain's majestic rule vanished in a few short years, undermined by unforseen catastrophic events and by new threats that eventually overwhelmed the palisades of the past.

但我们必须牢记大不列颠称雄世界的地位，由于未能预见的灾难事件，以及最终冲破了它旧日藩篱的新生威胁，也只不过在很短时间内就不复存在了。

Some say he was a Roman, others say a Briton fighting the invading Saxons, but there is no proof of his existence.

有些人说他是一个罗马人，也有人说他是和入侵的萨克逊人斗争的大不列颠人，然而并没有亚瑟存在的证明。

Some say he was a Roman,others say a Briton fighting the invading Saxons,but there is no proof of his existence.

有些人说他是罗马人，另一些人说他是一个与入侵的亚克逊抗争的大不列颠人，但是没有任何证据表明他是存在的。

The country appears to be well prepared for such an operation, says Roger Musson, a seismologist at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh. \They are very good at putting together a disaster relief plan rather quickly.

位于爱丁堡的大不列颠地质测量学会的一名专家，Roger Musson认为，这个国家在灾难面前的动作井然有序，"他们组织良好，迅速启动了应急预案"。

The OBE sash medal is pictured at http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page498.asp In the centre is a gilt medal medallion of Britannia, encircled by the motto FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE set in red enamel, and mounted on a silver-gilt cross patoncé enamelled in translucent pearl grey.

不列颠帝国勋章的图片见http：//www.royal.gov.uk/output/page498.asp 中间是一个镀金的大不列颠奖章，被红色珐琅"为神与帝国"环绕，安置在镀银的珠光灰花十字上。

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。