Life in the Middle Ages的意思|示意

In practical life over and over again in the Middle Ages men found themselves having to make genuine choices according to conscience or self-interest between conflicting appeals to their loyalty.

在一次又一次的实际生活当中，中世纪的人们发现自己不得不根据良心或自利而在向他们要求效忠的相互冲突的呼吁之间做出抉择。

These finds help us build up a picture of life in the Middle Ages.

这些发现有助于建构中世纪的生活画面。

The language of everyday life was evolving in Europe and at a certain point in the middle ages it was really only merchants, aristocrats and clergy who could deal with Latin.

在欧洲，日常生活的语言在不断演变。在中世纪的某个时期，真的只有商人、贵族和神职人员才会使用拉丁语。

These changes, while significant, were concentrated in the elite, and for the vast majority of the population life was little changed from the Middle Ages.

这一时期的变革固然意义重大，但主要集中在精英阶层，对于大多数平民来说，他们的生活和中世纪几乎无异。

foot in the Middle Ages and one foot treading a path for modern science, Newton spent the first phase of his life, the period of life in Trinity when he did all his real work.

在这些混合的和奇特的研究中——一只脚在中世纪，一只脚为现代科学踩出一条路——牛顿度过了他人生的第一阶段，在三一学院的生活时期，这时的他做了所有他真正有价值的工作。

The middle ages are mortgaged to life. The old are in Life's lumber room.

中年是生活的抵押品，老年是被生活遗弃的角落。