For example, imagine a passage from Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:" "The whole engagement lasted above twelve hours, till the graduate retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and the Surenas himself."
比如，让我们看看爱德华·吉本在 “罗马帝国衰亡史”一书中的一段， “整个战争持续了至少12小时， 直到波斯人纷纷仓皇溃退， 其中表现最可耻的是 他们的指挥官们以及苏雷纳斯(最高统帅）本人。“