欧美文化博览 文化博览:犹太人的故事(10)

The big battle, anticipated with such poetic¹ excitement in the War Scroll², became grim, bloody³ reality in 66 AD.

这场史诗的战役,曾经期许在战争潮水中翻涌滚动诗意般的兴奋,突然在公元66年变成了残酷,血腥的现实。

An immense rebellion against Roman rule broke out in Galilee, Samaria and Judea.

对于罗马统治的反抗洪流在加利利，撒玛利亚和朱迪亚爆发。

A maelstrom⁴ of violence that required the weight of three legions under the command of the general, Vespasian and his son, Titus, to crush it.

这场暴动动用了将军维斯帕和他的儿子提多手下的三个军团，试图进行镇压。

Our only written source for what then unfolded comes from the hand of someone whose life was torn between the Classical and the Jewish world.

那么我们唯一文字来源来自那些生活被古典和犹太人之间的世界扰乱的人。

He even had two names.

他甚至有两个名字。

1 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

2 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 maelstrom   

n.大乱动；大漩涡

参考例句：

• Inside,she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。
• The anxious person has the spirit like a maelstrom.焦虑的人的精神世界就像一个大漩涡。