【跟着英剧练发音】A History Of Britain - 19C

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Then , in a minor¹ skirmish in central Wales ,  Llewellyn was killed by an anonymous² English  spearman.The final annihilation of resistance took another six months before the King could claim Wales to be pacified³. However, the subjugation⁴ of Wales was far more subtle than the surgical⁵ application of brute⁶ force. Edward had the chilling, uncannily-modern knowledge that to break your enemy you must first strip him of his cultural identity. Before this place became called Conway by the English, it was Aberconwy. It was a monastery⁷ that housed the tomb of the most powerful of odermath Princes and was home to a sacred relic⁸ that the Welsh believed to be a piece of the true Cross.

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但随后在威尔士中部的一次小规模战斗中，卢埃林殒命于一位无名的英格兰士兵矛下，抵抗又持续了六个月才得以平息。国王宣布威尔士的叛乱已被平定，但是对威尔士的彻底征服远比武力占领复杂微妙得多。爱德华在这方面有着让人不寒而栗的超前意识，要瓦解敌人必须首先动摇其民族认同感。在被英格兰人改名为康威前这里被称为阿拜康威。这座修道院里安葬着威尔士最有权势的王子们，这里也是被威尔士人视为真十字架残片的供奉地。[真十字架即耶稣受难十字架]

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

2 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

3 pacified   

使（某人）安静( pacify的过去式和过去分词 )； 息怒； 抚慰； 在（有战争的地区、国家等）实现和平

参考例句：

• The baby could not be pacified. 怎么也止不住婴儿的哭声。
• She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified. 她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。

4 subjugation   

n.镇压，平息，征服

参考例句：

• The Ultra-Leftist line was a line that would have wrecked a country, ruined the people, and led to the destruction of the Party and national subjugation. 极左路线是一条祸国殃民的路线，亡党亡国的路线。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• This afflicted German intelligence with two fatal flaws: inefficiency, and subjugation to a madman. 这给德国情报工作造成了两个致命的弱点，一个是缺乏效率，另一个是让一个疯子总管情报。 来自辞典例句

5 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

6 brute   

n.野兽，兽性

参考例句：

• The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
• That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

7 monastery   

n.修道院，僧院，寺院

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。

8 relic   

n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物

参考例句：

• This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
• He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。