欧美文化博览 金雀花王朝之魔王世族(9)

His mother Isabella was appointed regent, she and Mortimer now ruled England on Edward's behalf, but a deposed¹ former king was a new dynastic problem.

他母亲伊莎贝拉被任命为统治者,她和莫蒂默现在以爱德华的名义统治英国,但被罢免的前国王成为了新王朝的问题。

Edward was brought here to Barclay castle, and these are original documents from the castle at that time.

爱德华被带到巴克莱城堡，就在这里，这是那个时代城堡里的原始文档。

Here we read about the delivery of chickens to the kitchen of the king's father which is what Edward now was, and here is a record of his daily expenses, 5 pounds a day, quite a generous amount,

我们了解到的送给现在国王父亲厨房肉鸡的数量，还有他的日常开销记录,每天5磅,相当慷慨的数量。

And here it's a report of a messenger being sent to Nottingham to inform Isabella concerning multi, the death of the king's father.

这里还有一份信使送到诺丁汉通知伊莎贝拉关于多国王父亲死讯的报告。

The death of Edward II solved Isabella and Mortimer's problems, but there were already questions about how Edward died, and killing² a king was an offense³ against God and the natural order.

爱德华二世的死使得伊莎贝拉和莫蒂默的问题迎刃而解,但已经关于爱德华如何死亡的问题渐渐浮出水面,杀君可是对神和自然秩序的亵渎。

1 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。