Horatio at the bridge

桥上的荷雷西奥

这句话来自一个人站在桥上孤独奋战的罗马勇士Horatius Cocles的故事。公元前6世纪受到伊特鲁丽亚军进攻的罗马,不得不毁掉得比列河上的桥来阻止敌军。Horatius 独自一人站在桥头奋战,直到和桥共同坠入河流,而他却得以生还。Horatio at the bridge就是孤胆英雄,独自奋战的意思。

例文
In Germany,however,the Bundesbank has been acting like Horatio at the bridge,defending its strong anti-inflationary policy and interest-rate struchture against any and all threats from the Eastern provinces of Germany,Brussels,Bonn or Washington.(The New York Times)

参考译文:可是在德国,联邦银行扮演着桥头荷雷西奥的孤胆英雄角色,不屈服于来自德国东部各省,欧共体总部(Brussels),德国政府,美国政府的压力,保卫着其坚固的反通货膨胀政策和利率体系。

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