纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 81辉煌的波旁皇族时代终结

They were taken back as the baker,the baker's wife and the baker's son,

他们被当做面包师 面包师的妻子和儿子

inreferenceto the grain and the bread prices that had triggered this.

因为这场暴乱是由过高的粮食价格引发的

But it's fair to say that, after the 6th of October,

但不过分地说 在十月六号之后

the king and the royal family were prisoners of the Revolution.

国王和皇室家庭就是大革命的囚徒了

Louis had tried and failed to change his kingdom.

路易尝试过变革 但却以失败告终

Now, he would pay the price.

现在 他将为此付出代价

Both he and Marie Antoinette would die under the blade of the guillotine.

他和玛丽·安托瓦内特都将死在断头台上

For over a hundred years,

一百多年来

Versailles stood for the power and prestige of the Bourbon dynasty.

凡尔赛一直是波旁皇族权利和威严的象征

But italsostood for a society that was fundamentally unfair and corrupt¹.

它同样也是腐败不公社会的象征

Romantic, but royally debauched.

浪漫多情却腐败堕落

Glittering, but grotesquely² unequal.

绚烂夺目却荒诞不公

Magnificent, but profoundly immoral³.

国富民强却道德败坏

A society whose time was up.

这个时代终结了

1 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

2 grotesquely   

adv. 奇异地,荒诞地

参考例句：

• Her arched eyebrows and grotesquely powdered face were at once seductive and grimly overbearing. 眉棱棱着，在一脸的怪粉上显出妖媚而霸道。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• Two faces grotesquely disfigured in nylon stocking masks looked through the window. 2张戴尼龙长袜面罩的怪脸望着窗外。

3 immoral   

adj.不道德的，淫荡的，荒淫的，有伤风化的

参考例句：

• She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
• It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。