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

是我确信我不能精通普通人驾驶技术的原因，是因为我注定不是干这个的。

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是贵族，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，它指定说，同样的过错，平民受到的惩罚更加严重贵族受到的惩罚要轻一些。

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

只是平民血液为老旧的统治阶注入了青春，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.

是照顾平民是社会所关注的内容，罗马有一项措施，叫做patronage，也就是指定的贵族担任保护人。

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，富有的平民，获得一官半职并且准许他们与贵族通婚是积极的改变这些所谓的贵族阶或者贵族合阶为罗马的领导带了所需的新鲜血液。

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.

根据无所不能的祖先的道路，贵族和平民的关系类似家庭中父亲对孩子和妻子的关系拥有绝对权力。

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? 多亏了公元前367年的法律，平民可以竞选成为执政官其它改变对于命令的冲突。

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

你知道的，第一位平民执政官，平民保民官之类的。

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.

他的血液里流淌着荣誉的本能， 蔑视卑鄙； 他不能容忍他的话被人怀疑， 他宁愿放弃他所有的一切， 也不愿从平民的吝啬中获利。

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的嗜好，以及你试图将你那平民新娘装扮成贵妇的种种努力。

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的时刻，我们太不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.

于是取代贵族的是nobilitas，这是一个由贵族和平民杂组成的家族群体，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.

阿玛兰塔对平民的入侵感到非常震惊，以至于她像过去一样回到厨房吃饭。

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

你不行 -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，也就是普通民众，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.

人群的外部队伍由公民、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.

罗马共和时期的社会分为贵族，即贵族统治阶，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.

到了共和中期，贵族与平民之间的区别已经变得毫无意义。