纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 54法国历史里最平庸的国王（在线收听）

The population had just

人们对于这位国王

lost any hope or confidence in their king,

失去了希望和信心

and indeed, I think it's fair to say,

实际上 我认为

they'd fallen out of love with their king.

他们再也不拥戴他们的国王了

It has been argued that the monarchy could never recover

对于君主制能否从路易造成的危害中恢复

from the harm engendered by Louis XV.

人们仍在争议之中

He had dragged it into such disrepute that there was no recovery.

他让这一制度声名狼藉 无法恢复

The abiding memory of Louis XV

人们对路易十五

is a man who is morally corrupt

仅留下道德败坏的印象

and is unable to rise above

他意志薄弱

his melancholy into any kind of grandeur.

无所作为

He is the least grand of the French monarchs, surely.

他是法国君主史里最平庸的国王