He meant to ridicule the england of his own day, and in particular the kind of english condescension represented by matthew arnold . 他想嘲笑他那个时代的英国，特别是马修阿诺德所代表的那种英国优越感。
His favourite poets were pope, goldsmith and campbell; both the bluffness and the elegance of their age appealed to him . 他最喜爱的诗人是波普、戈德史密斯和坎贝尔；他们那个时代直率高雅的作风颇使他向往。
He is curiously secretive for one who, according to some of his contemporary reviewers, liked to wash his dirty linen in public . 在他那个时代，有些批评家说他最喜欢宣扬家五，果真如此，他又显得过于躲躲闪闪了。
The condition of the church and character of the audience both bore witness to the rage of civil war, and the peculiar spirit of the times . 教堂的情况和会众的性质都可以表明内战的激烈程度和那个时代的特殊情况。
And on account of the necessity for numerous offspring, the custom of one man having several wives was at that time blameless . 于是，由于需要有众多的后继者，一个人拥有许多妻子的风俗，在那个时代就是无可厚非的。
The history books now make his name the title not only for the administration he headed but also for the period during which he held office . 史书上不仅用他的名字来代表其他领导的政府，甚至用他的名字来代表他在位的那个时代。
Could a new englander-or any american, at that time write satisfactory fiction in and about a land that had so little experience of the art ? 一个新英格兰人--或是那个时代的任何美国人--住在一个几乎无艺术传统的地方写作，且又要写那个地方，作品能让人满意吗？
Yes, i seemed to have flown back out of that age into this of ours, and then forward to it again, and was set down, a stranger in that strange england, with an abyss of thirteen centuries yawning between me and you ! 嗯，我好像是曾经从那个时代飞回咱们这个时代，然后又向那个时代飞去，一个陌生人降落在那个奇怪的英国，隔着一千三百年的鸿沟，叫我离开了你！
People from your own world war ii world 从你们那个时代，从二战那个时代过来的人
