新概念英语第四册18-04

13.(续)

incapable of that imaginative realism:无法接受充满想像力的现实

14.admit= demand 要求

institution= custom 社会习俗

he formerly took as of right:他以前取得作为……的权力

took as= regard as 看待

took as of 是古英语用法，相当于今天的 took as

he is taken as a black sheep.

他被看作是害群之马。

right:权利

he can now attain only by offering proof that it is directly relevant to social welfare: 只能通过提

供证据说明此项权力与社会福利直接有关才能得到

15.Lord Curzon, Miceroy of India, Invests the Maharajah of Cochin with the Star of India in

1903:派往印度的总督 Curzon 勋爵授予印度本土国王 Cochin“印度之星”。

invest in:投资

invest with:授予

Lord:爵士，勋爵