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CHAPTER XV
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HUMANITARIAN MEASURES OF AUGUSTUS—LIFE IN THE IMPERIAL CITY—FIRST ATTEMPTS OF THE STATE TO CHECK INFANTICIDE—TRAJAN AND THE VELEIA LOAN—STOIC SPIRIT IN PLINY’S CHARITY.
ASTONISHING depravity marked the last days of the Republic, to the point where it was even said that annual divorces were as much the fashion in Rome as voluntary celibacy1.335 Seneca says there were women who reckoned their years by their husbands. In the severe, early period of the Republic, celibacy was considered censurable2 and even guilty,336 whereas later it was not only condoned3 but wittily4 approved, to judge by the quips of the dramatist, Plautus, whose cynical5 references to marriage and the burden of a wife read not unlike our own scoffing6 and immoral7 dramatists of the eighteenth century.337
Civil wars and proscriptions had left great voids in Roman families; more prolific8 foreigners, freed224men, and slaves began to dominate the noisy city now beginning to earn her title of Mistress of the World. The visitor to Pompeii today, noting the large and heavy paving blocks, the narrow sidewalks, the deep ruts made in these solid streets by the heavy wagons10, the open shops, the indecent signs, sees Rome in miniature. All this cosmopolitan11 disorder12 marked the greater town that had not twenty thousand inhabitants but a million; the noise and the
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celibacy
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condoned
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v.容忍,宽恕,原谅( condone的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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wittily
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机智地,机敏地 | |
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cynical
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adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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scoffing
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n. 嘲笑, 笑柄, 愚弄 v. 嘲笑, 嘲弄, 愚弄, 狼吞虎咽 | |
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immoral
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prolific
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reign
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n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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wagons
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n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车 | |
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cosmopolitan
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adj.世界性的,全世界的,四海为家的,全球的 | |
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disorder
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congestion
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dwellers
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discomforts
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standing
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tragic
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adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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wares
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n. 货物, 商品 | |
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billboards
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n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 ) | |
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acrobats
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n.杂技演员( acrobat的名词复数 );立场观点善变的人,主张、政见等变化无常的人 | |
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abounded
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v.大量存在,充满,富于( abound的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rumbled
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发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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lashed
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adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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joyous
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troupe
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n.剧团,戏班;杂技团;马戏团 | |
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hawked
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通过叫卖主动兜售(hawk的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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vociferous
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adj.喧哗的,大叫大嚷的 | |
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offender
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n.冒犯者,违反者,犯罪者 | |
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curb
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n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制 | |
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luxurious
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adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的 | |
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scoffed
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嘲笑,嘲弄( scoff的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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undertakings
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企业( undertaking的名词复数 ); 保证; 殡仪业; 任务 | |
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fiscal
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adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的 | |
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corruption
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n.腐败,堕落,贪污 | |
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exhaustion
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n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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legitimate
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adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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afterward
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heed
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v.注意,留意;n.注意,留心 | |
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par
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n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的 | |
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excellence
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n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德 | |
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consuls
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领事( consul的名词复数 ); (古罗马共和国时期)执政官 (古罗马共和国及其军队的最高首长,同时共有两位,每年选举一次) | |
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sterility
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n.不生育,不结果,贫瘠,消毒,无菌 | |
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diminution
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n.减少;变小 | |
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treasury
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n.宝库;国库,金库;文库 | |
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forfeiting
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(因违反协议、犯规、受罚等)丧失,失去( forfeit的现在分词 ) | |
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trenchantly
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abrogated
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废除(法律等)( abrogate的过去式和过去分词 ); 取消; 去掉; 抛开 | |
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degradation
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n.降级;低落;退化;陵削;降解;衰变 | |
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waning
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adj.(月亮)渐亏的,逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 );(月)亏;变小;变暗淡 | |
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patricians
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n.(古罗马的)统治阶层成员( patrician的名词复数 );贵族,显贵 | |
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misuse
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n.误用,滥用;vt.误用,滥用 | |
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immediate
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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orphan
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n.孤儿;adj.无父母的 | |
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inclination
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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profligate
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adj.行为不检的;n.放荡的人,浪子,肆意挥霍者 | |
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banished
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v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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distinguished
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adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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degenerate
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v.退步,堕落;adj.退步的,堕落的;n.堕落者 | |
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alleviate
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v.减轻,缓和,缓解(痛苦等) | |
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humane
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adj.人道的,富有同情心的 | |
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clement
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adj.仁慈的;温和的 | |
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predecessors
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n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 );前辈;(被取代的)原有事物;前身 | |
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replenish
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vt.补充;(把…)装满;(再)填满 | |
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dispensing
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v.分配( dispense的现在分词 );施与;配(药) | |
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patriotism
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n.爱国精神,爱国心,爱国主义 | |
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proprietors
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n.所有人,业主( proprietor的名词复数 ) | |
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skilfully
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contrived
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benevolent
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annually
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infiltrated
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adj.[医]浸润的v.(使)渗透,(指思想)渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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ravages
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劫掠后的残迹,破坏的结果,毁坏后的残迹 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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deserted
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expended
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rigidly
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contention
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remarkable
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doctrines
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prominence
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thereby
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immorality
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virtue
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