He describes for us his own power that somehow manages to survive even a terrifying and humiliating defeat like the one he's just experienced.

他向我们描述了他的力量--在经历了这样一次,可怕的令人羞辱的失败之后,他还是顽强的生存下来了。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And both Southerners and Northerners shared both the reality and the spirit of that westward movement.

而且南方人和北方人都有,西进运动的历练和顽强的精神

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Either there will be nobody there or more likely there will be not a very big population, and it's not very tough, and they could be easily brushed aside.

所以要么那个地方没有人烟,要么就是人口稀少的部落,并不是很顽强,很容易就能被军队驱逐

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They were bigger, they were stronger, they were tougher, they were faster, they were more beautiful, they lived longer. Those were the great old days and then there's us, we, poor miserable wretches.

那时的人们更高大,更强壮,更顽强,他们速度更快,长得更帅,活得更长,这就是那些伟大的往昔岁月,之后就出现了穷苦悲惨可怜的希腊人

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选