Hobbes was born in 1588, the year that the English naval forces drove back the invasion of the famous Spanish Armada.

霍布斯出生在1588年，这一年也是英国海军,击退著名的西班牙无敌舰队的一年。

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His invasions at one time are turned back when they literally open the dykes and flood the French armies back.

他的入侵曾一度被击退,因为荷兰人,真的"开闸泄洪",大水把法军淹得够呛

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If I can't, I want to knock him back, because what I really need to do is to get him out of the way.

如果杀不了,我就要把他击退,因为我真正的目的是把他从这条线路上推开

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For the Elder Brother, Ebba's bodily purity should itself exude a sufficiently powerful strength that the terrible Danes would be repelled by the sacred rays of her chastity.

对于大哥哥来说，Ebba的身体纯洁应当散发出,一种有效的力量，用那种贞节散发出的神圣光芒,击退可怕的丹麦人。

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