But I am convinced that the reason I cannot master the plebeian task of driving is because I'm not meant to.

我确信我能精通普通人驾驶技术原因，因为我注干这个。

The two social classes in early Rome were the patricians, which consisted of the upper class and the lower class called the plebeians.

早期罗马社会中有两个社会阶层一个贵族，包括上层社会，下层社会叫做plebeian。

For one thing, it specified for just about any offense, a stricter penalty for a guilty plebeian and a less strict penalty for a guilty patrician.

首先，它指说，同样过错，平民受到惩罚更加严重贵族受到惩罚要轻一些。

It's just that plebeian blood had revitalized the old ruling class. As elsewhere, Rome profited from its adaptability in allowing social mobility.

只平民血液为老旧统治阶级注入了青春，正如其它地方一样，罗马从社会流动性中获益。

But to help take care of plebeian social concerns, the Romans developed a practice called patronage, in which a given patrician served as patron.

照顾平民社会所注内容，罗马有一项措施，叫做patronage，也就指贵族担任保护人。

Allowing the plebeians, wealthy plebeians, that is, to hold political office and to marry patricians was a positive change. The so-called noble class or nobilitas , which sprang up from the mixture of classes brought needed fresh blood into Roman leadership.

准许贫民，富有平民，获得一官半职并且准许他们与贵族通婚积极改变这些所谓贵族阶级或者贵族来自混合阶级为罗马领导带来了所需新鲜血液。

According to the almighty mos maiorum, the patrician class's relationship to the plebeians was analogous to the power of the pater familias over his wife and children.

根据无所能祖先道路，贵族和平民类似家庭中父亲对孩子和妻子拥有绝对权力。

Meet the New Boss.? Thanks to the Sexto-Licinian laws of three sixty seven BC, plebeians could be Sexto-Licinian elected to the office of consul. Other changes resulted from the Conflict of the Orders.

第二，新老大? 多亏了公元前367年法律，平民可以竞选成为执政官其它改变来自对于命令冲突。

You know, the first plebeian consul, the Tribune of the Plebs and things like that.

你知道，第一位平民执政官，平民保民官之类。

In his blood is the instinct of honour, the scorn of meanness; he cannot suffer his word to be doubted, and his hand will give away all he has rather than profit by a plebeian parsimony.

他血液里流淌着荣誉本能， 蔑视卑鄙； 他能容忍他话被人怀疑， 他宁愿放弃他所有一切， 也愿从平民吝啬中获利。

I smiled as I unfolded it, and devised how I would tease you about your aristocratic tastes, and your efforts to masque your plebeian bride in the attributes of a peeress.

我微笑着展开它，心里盘算着该如何取笑你那贵族化嗜好，以及你试图将你那平民新娘装扮成贵妇种种努力。

And we have stolen upon Miss Hepzibah Pyncheon, too irreverently, at the instant of time when the patrician lady is to be transformed into the plebeian woman.

在这位贵族女士即将转变为平民女性时刻，我们太敬地偷走了赫普兹巴赫·品琴小姐。

And so what emerges in place of the patricians is the nobilitas, a mixed patrician plebeian group of families who dominate politically.

于取代贵族nobilitas，这一个由贵族和平民混杂组成家族群体，他们在政治上占据主导地位。

Amaranta was so scandalized with the plebeian invasion that she went back to eating in the kitchen as in olden days.

阿玛兰塔对平民入侵感到非常震惊，以至于她像过去一样回到厨房吃饭。

I'll bet you can't! - Watch me, plebeian!

你行 -走着瞧 乡巴佬！

In the city, slaves could work alongside plebeians, normal people, in settings like libraries, markets, and public baths.

在城市里，奴隶可以与平民，也就普通民众，在图书馆、市场和公共浴场等场所一起工作。

The outer ranks of the crowd were made up of citizens, plebeians and police.

人群外部队伍由公民、平民和警察组成。

Cheerful and plebeian, shining for all alike.

欢快而平民, 为所有人闪耀。

Society in the Roman Republic was divided between patricians, the aristocratic ruling class, and plebeians, normal citizens.

罗马共和国时期社会分为贵族，即贵族统治阶级，以及平民，即普通公民。

To the point where, I mean, by the middle republic, the the patrician plebeian distinction is meaningless.

到了共和国中期，贵族与平民之间区别已经变得毫无意义。