During the sixteenth century, the peacetime armies of the Continental Powers were about 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers--very, very little.

6世纪时,欧洲大陆上的强国,和平时期的军队数量很少,大约一万到两万人

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

It takes ordinarily it takes for 5 years in the peace time conditions to set up any kind of army.

在和平时期，一般要5年时间才能建立一个军队。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Even in peacetime, military expenditures take up almost half of the budget of any European state, and in times of war, eighty percent.

即使在和平时期,欧洲任一国家的军费开支,也几乎占据了其预算的一半,在战时,更是达到了80%

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Most people saw this peace-- many people in history say it is good.

很多目睹这段和平时期。。。,历史上很多人说它美好。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

In other words there was not enough data on these things, in other words, with other conventional mortgages, you have data covering peace and war, prosperity and depression and so forth and you can follow these data back for decades.

换句话说,关于这些新增贷款没有足够数据，换种说法，和其他传统贷款相比，你有和平和战争时期的数据，有市场繁荣和萧条时的数据等等,你可以追述这些数据。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

So control of these international highways brought a great deal of wealth to the area, but the central location was a double-edged sword, because in times of peace it would bring prosperity, but, of course, in times of war the land was perpetually invaded as armies would crisscross the land going off to do battle with the great powers.

对这些国际要道的控制,给这个地区带来了大量的财富，但这处于中心的地理位置也如同一把双刃剑，因为在和平时期它带来繁荣，但，在战乱时期，这块土地常常被侵略,当军队在此刀刃相交,或者经过与强国征战。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选