纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 34智慧的人不与小人计较

Madame Pompadour may have

蓬帕杜夫人也许

been a favourite with her lover, the King,

是国王的最爱

but most other inhabitants of Versailles

但凡尔赛宫的大多数居民

were not impressed with her.

并不喜欢她

The courtiers loathed¹ Madame de Pompadour,

朝臣们鄙视蓬帕杜夫人

because she was bourgeois².

因为她是个中产阶级

They could not forgive her for being middle class.

他们无法忍受她中产阶级的地位

It was just about acceptable for a king to have liaisons³

接受她相当于

with lower class prostitutes,

接受国王和低等妓女结合

but a maitresses en titres had always been an aristocratic woman.

而国王的情妇必须是高贵的女子

Ignoring the snobs⁴ at court,

无视宫廷的势力小人

Pompadour used all her charm and intelligence

蓬帕杜利用自己的魅力和智慧

to advance the interests of her small group of friends,

为自己小团体中的伙伴牟利

and do down her rivals.

打压对手

She was associated with a cabal⁵, a cabal at court,

她还和一个宫廷阴谋团伙有联系

who were constantly trying to promote the interests

这团伙不时地试图

of such and such a general.

以这样那样的理由牟利

So, she had a kind of political baggage that she carried.

所以她也背负着一定的压力

1 loathed   

v.憎恨，厌恶( loathe的过去式和过去分词 )；极不喜欢

参考例句：

• Baker loathed going to this red-haired young pup for supplies. 面包师傅不喜欢去这个红头发的自负的傻小子那里拿原料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable self! 因此，他厌恶不幸的自我尤胜其它！ 来自英汉文学 - 红字

2 bourgeois   

adj./n.追求物质享受的(人)；中产阶级分子

参考例句：

• He's accusing them of having a bourgeois and limited vision.他指责他们像中产阶级一样目光狭隘。
• The French Revolution was inspired by the bourgeois.法国革命受到中产阶级的鼓励。

3 liaisons   

n.联络( liaison的名词复数 )；联络人；（尤指一方或双方已婚的）私通；组织单位间的交流与合作

参考例句：

• She embarked on a series of sexual liaisons with society figures. 她开始接二连三地与社会名流有染。 来自辞典例句
• One of Wentworth's favorite movies is Dangerous Liaisons. went最喜欢的电影之一是《危险关系》。 来自互联网

4 snobs   

（谄上傲下的）势利小人( snob的名词复数 )； 自高自大者，自命不凡者

参考例句：

• She dislikes snobs intensely. 她极其厌恶势利小人。
• Most of the people who worshipped her, who read every tidbit about her in the gossip press and hung up pictures of her in their rooms, were not social snobs. 崇敬她大多数的人不会放过每一篇报导她的八卦新闻，甚至在他们的房间中悬挂黛妃的画像，这些人并非都是傲慢成性。

5 cabal   

n.政治阴谋小集团

参考例句：

• He had been chosen by a secret government cabal.他已被一个秘密的政府阴谋集团选中。
• The illegal aspects of the cabal's governance are glaring and ubiquitous.黑暗势力的非法统治是显而易见的并无处不在。