Cities like Gdansk, which we tend to forget about, unfortunately, which is a very important port then and still now.

像格达斯克这样的城市,也就渐渐淡出了人们的视野,而其实,它在当时和现在都仍是,非常重要的港口

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Then he went to London, along the Thames, the major port of the world then, along with Amsterdam.

然后他去了伦敦,沿着泰晤士河,伦敦是当时世界的主要港口,和阿姆斯特丹一样

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

But if you need a slave representing your business, and you live in Rome and you need somebody in Ostia, the port city of Rome, to be able to be there and watch your imports and your exports of your business, you need someone who can sign contracts, who can lend money, who can borrow money, who can do things like that.

如果你需要一名奴隶代理你的生意，如果你住在罗马，需要有人，在罗马奥斯蒂亚港口,照看你的进出口生意，就得要能签合同，可以放债贷款，及其他类似事务的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

They expand north to Archangel, so this gives them a port, but a frozen one.

他们向北扩张到阿尔汉格尔,有了一个港口,但常年冰冻

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

And if you're going to have a port, then you have to have a navy.

如果你有了港口,那你就必须有一支海军

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

If you want to have a navy, you have to have a port.

如果你想要一支海军,你就得有一个港口

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选