Thereupon, finding Tess unfairly browbeaten, the husbands and lovers tried to make peace by defending her; but the result of that attempt was directly to increase the war.

因此，几个丈夫和情人看见苔丝受到欺负，感到不公平，就想化解这场吵，帮着苔丝说了几句话；但是他们努力的结果，却是更加把战事激化了。

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Unfortunately, however, "the War Lovers" is the sort of popular history that misleads as much as it entertains.

不幸的是，好战者是通俗历史的一个方面，遭到种种误解。

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