纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 64凡尔赛宫奇迹之子的到来

France, since the defeat of the Seven Years' War,

法国自为时七年的战争失败以后

had been desperate to get revenge on England.

一直渴望向英国复仇

Louis XVI would like nothing more than to attack the old enemy.

路易十六最希望的就是对老对手发动攻击

But, on the other hand, there's a problem.

但另一方面 有一个问题

If they do that, are they not supporting insurgence¹?

如果他们这么做 是否是在支持暴动呢

And indeed insurgents², many of whom were republicans,

而那些起义者 大多数是共和党人

and avowed³ republicans like that.

以及拥护共和党的人

And so, it's difficult.

所以 选择陷入两难

And so, to begin with, they take a kind of a middle course.

因此在开始时 他们作了折中选择

Louis approved the aid,

路易同意提供支持

but insisted that everything was done in secret.

但坚持一切都要秘密进行

Using a certain amount of covert⁴ skulduggery,

用一系列的掩盖手法

weapons and arms are sent off to help the Americans

武器被送去支援美国人

fight off the British

对抗英国

attempt to reconquer the rebellious⁵ colonies.

重新征服殖民地的野心

1 insurgence   

n.起义；造反；暴动；叛乱

参考例句：

• US troops moved into the Afghan mountains in an offensive to stop Taliban insurgence. 美军日前进军阿富汗山区阻止塔利班组织的一次暴动。 来自互联网

2 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

3 avowed   

adj.公开声明的，承认的v.公开声明，承认( avow的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• An aide avowed that the President had known nothing of the deals. 一位助理声明，总统对这些交易一无所知。
• The party's avowed aim was to struggle against capitalist exploitation. 该党公开宣称的宗旨是与资本主义剥削斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 covert   

adj.隐藏的；暗地里的

参考例句：

• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
• The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。

5 rebellious   

adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的

参考例句：

• They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。
• Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。