But a raving autumn shears Blossom from the summer's wreath; The older is condemned to death, Pardoned, drags out lonely years Conspiring among the ignorant.

可是一个肃杀的秋天啊,从夏日的花环上剪下鲜花；,年长者被判处死刑，遇赦后，挨过寂寞的一年年,在愚氓中间从事阴谋。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

This other man--alas and alack--has been condemned to death during the French Revolution.

这另一个人在法国革命时被判处死刑。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

When we look at the death of Socrates, do we think of it as a tragedy, as a moral tragedy, ? a just man sentenced to death by an unjust law?

当我们读到苏格拉底之死，我们是否会认为那是一场悲剧，道德悲剧，一名正义之士被不公的法律判处死刑？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The best example I can think of offhand, I should let this wait, but Peter the Great, the czar of the Russians, who may or may not have beaten his son to death, at least he ordered him tortured.

我现在临时能想到的最好的例子,就是沙皇彼得大帝,本来要等会再说的,彼得大帝是否判处了自己儿子死刑 还有争论,但至少他曾下令用酷刑折磨他的儿子

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

As I'm sure you know, Socrates was put on trial, condemned to death for corrupting the youth of Athens-- and perhaps, among other things, for arguing philosophy with them.

想必你们都知道,苏格拉底被人指控,以教唆雅典青年的罪名,被判处死刑,也许,罪名还包括,和青年们讨论哲学

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选