纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 73路易十六情绪的跌落期

Calonne was the third Finance Minister to fall from grace

加隆是第三个因为试图

after trying to make the rich pay more tax.

让富人们交税而失宠的财政部长

And the third that Louis had supported only to sack.

路易支持的这第三个财长也只能被解雇

Trapped between economic disaster

深陷于在经济浩劫

and the implacable opponents of change all around him,

和他周围那些无情反抗改革的人中

the king couldn't cope any more.

国王再也承受不了这种压力

He suffered a mental breakdown¹.

他精神崩溃了

Stumbling around his palace,

在他的宫殿里跌跌撞撞

rambling² about the visions that tormented³ him.

不停抱怨着折磨着他的幻觉

Just as his grandfather, Louis XV,

就像他那有忧郁症和抑郁的

was subject to melancholia and depression,

祖父路易十五一样

Louis XVI seems to enter into a period

路易十六似乎也踏入了

of really quite deep depression.

一段极其消沉的时期

The failure of the Assembly of Notables

显贵会议上的失败

seems to have affected⁴ Louis XVI very badly.

似乎严重地影响了路易十六

He's unable to manage the courts

他没办法再作为国王

and to manage the political

去管理朝廷

situation in a way that he has to do as a king,

没办法处理朝政

because he is at the pinnacle⁵ of a system which is itself in crisis.

因他本身即处于危机系统的顶端

1 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

2 rambling   

adj.[建]凌乱的，杂乱的

参考例句：

• We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。

3 tormented   

饱受折磨的

参考例句：

• The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
• He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 pinnacle   

n.尖塔，尖顶，山峰；(喻)顶峰

参考例句：

• Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
• It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。