欧美文化博览 文化博览:犹太人的故事(7)

On the arch, dedicated¹ to Vespasian's son and co-general, Titus.

在拱门处,维斯帕先的儿子和将军提图斯浴血奋战。

You can see the triumphant² Romans making off with the loot from the temple, including the giant Menorah.

你可以看到胜利的罗马人从神庙中搬走战利品,包括巨大的烛台在内。

And among the loot, was Josephus himself, carried to Rome and installed in the Flavian family compound.

而在战利品中,约瑟夫将自己带到罗马,并且受命于弗拉家族。

But no one in Rome thanked him for doing the right thing.

但是罗马没有人因为他所做的事情而感谢他。

The kind of people you'd expected him to hang out with, historians, philosophers, playwrights³ and politicians, all despised the Jews.

你会希望同历史学家,哲学家,剧作家和政治家一起出去,而单单唯独犹太人例外。

And they didn't mind saying so.

他们不介意这样的说法。

At some point, Josephus had had enough of all this ignorance and gloating.

在某些时候,约瑟夫已经受够了这一切的无知和幸灾乐祸。

About 20 years after he wrote the Jewish Wars, he took up his pen again, this time to explain with patient dignity and a note of firm defiance⁴ and over considerable length just what Judaism was and what it did.

大约20年之后他写了关于犹太人的这场战争,再次拿起笔的他这次以耐心和坚定的无视以及相当大的篇幅来解释犹太教是什么,它做了什么。

1 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

2 triumphant   

adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的

参考例句：

• The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
• There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。

3 playwrights   

n.剧作家( playwright的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We're studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights. 我们正在研究16 世纪戏剧作家的戏剧文本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hung-chien asked who the playwrights were. 鸿渐问谁写的剧本。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

4 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。