【BBC紀(jì)錄片】凡爾賽宮 第38期：毫無(wú)顧忌的詆毀即是反抗

Louis's Peace with Austria was unpopular,

路易與奧地利締結(jié)和約已經(jīng)不得人心

but his decision to allow Madame Pompadour

而他下令讓蓬帕杜夫人

to secure an actual alliance with the old enemy

去和舊日的仇敵結(jié)成同盟

was downright detested.

則是徹底令國(guó)人不齒了

Madame de Pompadour certainly

蓬帕杜夫人的確

is in favour of an alliance with Austria.

贊同與奧地利結(jié)成聯(lián)盟

So, it's an absolute shock to courtiers,

所以對(duì)侍臣來(lái) 這消息有如晴天霹靂

many of whom have long-term loyalties,

這些侍臣大多世代忠于法王

and, no doubt, family connections,

而且其中很多人都與國(guó)王沾親帶故

to find that France is now

他們難以接受法國(guó)要與

allied with a traditional enemy.

奧地利這個(gè)宿敵結(jié)成聯(lián)盟

Criticism of Louis and Pompadour became even more lurid,

對(duì)路易和蓬帕杜的指責(zé)甚囂塵上

and it reached every corner of Versailles.

凡爾賽宮每個(gè)角落都能聽(tīng)到人們議論紛紛

They would accuse her of sexual diseases.

人們污蔑蓬帕杜患有性病

They would accuse her of procuring

人們說(shuō)她為國(guó)王

young girls for the King,

尋找年輕少女

they would say anything they wanted.

人們毫無(wú)顧忌地污蔑

There were secret pamphlets, secret poems,

私下秘密流傳著小冊(cè)子 詩(shī)歌

extremely rude poems

其中包括一些粗俗不堪的

about her physique and her body.

描寫(xiě)她的身材與身體的詩(shī)歌

Poems would be left in Versailles by court officials,

在宮里工作的侍臣 甚至是皇親國(guó)戚

perhaps even members of his family.

有時(shí)會(huì)把詩(shī)歌丟在凡爾賽宮中

一.allow：vt. 允許，讓某人得到，留出，同意(法律) vi. (for)考慮到，允許

【詞語(yǔ)用法】

1.allow有“給”的意思，后可以加雙賓語(yǔ)。

He allows his son ￥10 a week.

2.permit和allow兩詞的用法和意思相近。

兩者可以通用，均指“允許”，且后面都可加賓語(yǔ)加不定式。

Allow/Permit me to congratulate you on your success.

當(dāng)不存在賓語(yǔ)的時(shí)候，兩詞后加動(dòng)名詞。

We do not allow/permit smoking in the kitchen.

allow和permit還常用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。

Smoking is not allowed/permitted in the kitchen.

但allow可與副詞搭配使用，而permit不行。

She wouldn't allow me in.

此外，allow有“容許，并不禁止”的意思，而permit指“準(zhǔn)許”，比allow更正式化。

Nothing is permitted, everything is allowed.

一切都不準(zhǔn)許，但也并不禁止。

3.allow of同admit of一樣，指“有…的余地”。

The question allows of no dispute.

4.allow for指“考慮，體諒”。

We must allow for accidents.

我們必須考慮到意外。

He has indeed made many mistakes, but you must allow for his inexperience.

他是犯了很多錯(cuò)誤，但你必須因他缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)而原諒他。

【例句用法】

1.She won't allow the children in(to the house) until they've wiped their shoes.

孩子們不把鞋擦乾凈，她就不讓他們進(jìn)(屋).

2.This diet allows you one glass of wine a day.

這種規(guī)定飲食可讓你每天喝一杯酒。

3.He allowed that I had the right to appeal.

他同意我有權(quán)上訴。

4.How much holiday are you allowed?

你有多少天假?

5.The facts allow of only one explanation.

這些事實(shí)只能有一種解釋。

二.perhaps：adv. 也許，可能

【詞義辨析】

maybe，perhaps，possibly，probably

maybe: 普通用詞，美國(guó)英語(yǔ)多用，指某事也許如此，含不能確定意味。

perhaps: 普通用詞，多用于英國(guó)，與maybe同義。

possibly: 指客觀上潛存著發(fā)生某種變化的可能。

probably: 一般指根據(jù)邏輯推理，估計(jì)有發(fā)生的可能，把握性較大，語(yǔ)氣比possibly強(qiáng)。

【例句用法】

1.Yes, perhaps I'm wrong there.

是的，在這點(diǎn)上也許我錯(cuò)了。

2.As she's been ill perhaps she'll need some help.

她由于生病可能需要些幫助。

3.Perhaps this book will prove to be of some use to you in your studies.

也許這本書(shū)會(huì)對(duì)你的研究有用處。

4.Such a mistake would perhaps lead to disastrous consequences.

這樣一種錯(cuò)誤可能導(dǎo)致災(zāi)難性的后果。

5.Perhaps I am wrong, but I think she is near forty.

也許我錯(cuò)了，但是我想她快四十歲了。