异类之不一样的成功启示录 第110期:一系列暴力事件

 　　The first critical fact about Harlan is that at the same time that the Howards and the Turners were killing¹ each other, there were almost identical clashes in other small towns up and down in the Appalachians.

　　关于哈兰的第一个关键的事实是在同一时间，霍华德家族和特纳家族彼此杀害，在阿巴拉契亚山脉其它小城镇也到处都有几乎相同的冲突。

　　In the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud² on the west Virginia-Kentucky boarder not far from Harlan, several dozen people were killed in a cycle of violence that stretched over twenty years.

　　在着名的哈特菲尔德，西弗吉尼亚州的麦科伊矛盾，离哈兰不远的肯塔基州边境，有几十人在20年内的一系列暴力中丧生。

　　In the French-Eversole feud in Perry County, Kentucky, twelve died, six of them killed by "Bad Tom" Smith

　　在肯塔基州，佩里县，法国Eversole争执中，有12个人死亡，"坏汤姆"史密斯杀死6人

　　a man, John Ed Pearce writes in Days of Darkness, who was "just dumb enough to be fearless, just bright enough to be dangerous, and a dead shot"

　　（约翰·爱德华·皮尔斯在黑暗的日子对他的描写："不动声色的亡命徒，机警狡猾而危险，最终成为神枪手"）。

　　The Martin-Tolliver feud, in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the mid-1880s featured three gunfights, three ambushes⁴, and two house attacks, and ended in a two-hour gun battle involving a hundred armed men.

　　19世纪80年代中期，肯塔基州罗文县马丁--托利弗的恩怨，有三次枪战交火，三次伏击，两次袭击对方家庭，以一次两小时涉及100来名武装人员的枪战告终。

　　The Baker-Howard feud in Clay County began in 1806 with an elk-hunting party gone bad, and didn't end until the 1930s, when a couple of Howards killed three Bakers⁵ in an ambush³.

　　"贝克与霍华德"的恩怨始自1806年，多年来双方互相猎杀对方，直到20世纪30年代才结束，在最后一次伏击中，霍华德家族的一对夫妇杀死了贝克家族里的3个人。

　　And these were just the well-known feuds⁶.

　　而这些只是众所周知的纠纷。

　　The Kentucky legislator Harry⁷ Caudill once looked in a circuit court clerk's office in one Cumberland Plateau town and found one thousand murder indictments⁹ stretching from the end of the Civil War, in the 1860s,

　　肯塔基州议员哈里·考迪尔有一次偶然地来到坎伯兰高原小镇的法院书记员的办公室，在那里他发现了1000起谋杀案的起诉书，时间从在19世纪60年代内战结束，

　　to the beginning of the twentieth century, and this for a region that never numbered more than fifteen thousand people and where many violent acts never even made it to the indictment⁸ stage.

　　延续到20世纪初-在一个人口数量从未超过1.5万人的地区，在这里，许多暴力事件甚至还没有被起诉。

　　Caudill writes of a murder trial in Breathitt County, or "Bloody¹⁰ Breathitt," as it became to be known, that ended abruptly¹¹ when the defendant¹²'s father,

　　考迪尔写了Breathitt县一宗谋杀案的审判--或称作"血腥Breathitt"，这个称呼后来众所周知-嘎然而止，当被告的父亲，

　　"a man of about fifty with huge handlebar whiskers and two immense pistols," walked up to the judge and grabbed his gavel:

　　"一个长着很浓密的八字胡，手拿两个支大手枪的五十来岁的男人"，走到最高法官面前抓住他的木槌：

　　The feudist rapped the bench and announced, "Court's over and everybody can go. We aren't going to have any court here this term, folks."

　　封建法学家轻拍椅子，并宣布："审判已经结束了，大家可以离开了。我们在这个阶段不会再有任何案件，乡亲们。

　　The red-face judge hastily acquiesced¹³ in this extraordinary order and promptly¹⁴ left town.

　　"赤面法官仓促地妥协了这个非同寻常的命令，并迅速离开小镇。

　　When court convened¹⁵ at the next term the court and sheriff were bolstered¹⁶ by sixty militiamen, but by then the defendant was not available for trail. He had been slain¹⁷ from ambush.

　　当法院审判下一个案件时，州长加派了六十个民兵，但被告却无法出庭，他被暗杀了。

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

3 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

4 ambushes   

n.埋伏( ambush的名词复数 )；伏击；埋伏着的人；设埋伏点v.埋伏( ambush的第三人称单数 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• He was a specialist in ambushes, he said, and explained his tactics. 他说自己是埋伏战斗方面的专家，并讲述了他的战术。 来自互联网
• It makes ambushes rather fun. 它使得埋伏战术非常有趣。 来自互联网

5 bakers   

n.面包师( baker的名词复数 )；面包店；面包店店主；十三

参考例句：

• The Bakers have invited us out for a meal tonight. 贝克一家今晚请我们到外面去吃饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bakers specialize in catering for large parties. 那些面包师专门负责为大型宴会提供食品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 feuds   

n.长期不和，世仇( feud的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Quarrels and feuds between tribes became incessant. 部落间的争吵、反目成仇的事件接连不断。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• There were feuds in the palace, no one can deny. 宫里也有斗争，这是无可否认的。 来自辞典例句

7 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

8 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

9 indictments   

n.（制度、社会等的）衰败迹象( indictment的名词复数 )；刑事起诉书；公诉书；控告

参考例句：

• A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization. 纽约的一个陪审团对这个组织的创始人提起了多项刑事诉讼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These two indictments are self-evident and require no elaboration. 这两条意义自明，无须多说。 来自互联网

10 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

11 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

12 defendant   

n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的

参考例句：

• The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
• The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。

13 acquiesced   

v.默认，默许( acquiesce的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
• After a lot of persuasion,he finally acquiesced. 经过多次劝说，他最终默许了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

15 convened   

召开( convene的过去式 )； 召集； （为正式会议而）聚集； 集合

参考例句：

• The chairman convened the committee to put the issue to a vote. 主席召集委员们开会对这个问题进行表决。
• The governor convened his troops to put down the revolt. 总督召集他的部队去镇压叛乱。

16 bolstered   

v.支持( bolster的过去式和过去分词 )；支撑；给予必要的支持；援助

参考例句：

• He bolstered his plea with new evidence. 他举出新的证据来支持他的抗辩。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The data must be bolstered by inferences and indirect estimates of varying degrees of reliability. 这些资料必须借助于推理及可靠程度不同的间接估计。 来自辞典例句

17 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。