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9-7. He noticed at once that discipline was slack: the Danes had the self-confidence of conquerors, and their security precautions were casual.
【译文】他立刻发现丹麦侵略军纪律松懈：丹麦人以征服者自居，安全措施松弛。
【讲解】slack后的冒号引出说明解释性内容。
【单词和短语】
slack：懈怠的，松懈的;疏忽的;马虎的(not taking enough care or making enough effort to do things correctly)，
例如：
slack supervision 监督不严
Security’s got a bit slack. 安全问题有些放松。
9-8. They lived well, on the proceeds of raids on neighbouring regions.
【译文】他们靠袭击附近地区、掠夺财物过着舒适的生活。
【讲解】句中的第一个on与live搭配使用，live on…意为“靠……生活”。因为well与on…regions并列作状语，所以用逗号隔开。句中的第二个on是与raid搭配在一起的，意为“袭击”。
【单词和短语】
proceeds：(从事某种活动或变卖财物等的)收入，收益(the money that is obtained from doing something or selling something)，
例如：
The proceeds from the school play will be used to buy a new curtain.
学校演剧的收入将用于购买一幅新的舞台幕布。
They are reaping proceeds when the cattle are sold.
卖了那些牲口他们就可以获得收益了。
9-9. There they collected women as well as food and drink, and a life of ease had made them soft.
【译文】这些入侵者在那里不但搜刮吃喝，而且掳掠妇女，这种安逸的生活令他们萎靡不振。
【讲解】句中as well as的侧重点在它前面的women。在用“不但……而且……”或“……还……”翻译as well as时，因为汉语的侧重点是在后面的“而且”、“还”，而作in addition to解的as well as的重点则在它前面的词语，所以汉译时必须颠倒原文as well as连接的前后词语的次序。
【单词和短语】
soft：轻松的;舒服的，舒适的(not very brave and not having a strong character)。
9-10. Alfred stayed in the camp a week before he returned to Athelney.
【译文】阿尔弗雷德在敌营呆了一周后回到了阿塞尔纳。
9-11. The force there assembled was trivial compared with the Danish horde.
【译文】他集结在那里的军队和丹麦大军相比微不足道。
【讲解】there assembled是过去分词短语，作the force的定语，there指Athelney。compared with the Danish horde作状语，修饰was trivial。
【单词和短语】
trivial：琐碎的;不重要的，无价值的(not serious, important, or valuable)，
例如：
trivial matters 琐事
a trivial offence 小过失
trivial formalities 繁文缛节
put the trivial above the important 本末倒置
consider sth. trivial 认为某事无关紧要
raise trivial objections 提出无关紧要的反对
trivial的名词形式为triviality。
9-12. But Alfred had deduced that the Danes were no longer fit for prolonged battle: and that their commissariat had no organization, but depended on irregular raids. |
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