二战启示录 第82期:盟军反攻(14)

 Von Manstein wants reinforcement in order to continue his offensive

冯曼斯坦需要援军来继续进攻

He is waiting for Hitler

他在等希特勒

He immeadiately tells him

他立即告诉希特勒

We have suffered losses but the Russians have too even worse

我们遭受损伤，但苏军也一样，甚至更惨

Hitler seems very hesitant

希特勒似乎犹豫不决

He mutters a few inanities¹

他咕哝了几句空洞的话

Von Manstein will write

冯曼斯坦之后写道

"He seems to me to be quite feeble"

“我觉得他看起来很软弱”

二战启示录 希特勒

This impression is comfirmed when Von Manstein shows Hitler the figures of losses in curd² of Kursk

当冯曼斯坦将损失数字拿给希特勒看

Since the beginning of the war two million German soldiers have already been killed, wounded or gone missing in action

开战至今，两百万名德国士兵在战斗中丧命、受伤或失踪

Hitler will never be able to fill that void

希特勒永远无法填补这空缺

Things are now far cry from the victory of the lightning war compaigns the blitzkrieg of battle of France

现今战况和在法国战役中使用闪电战获胜的情况已不可同日而语

Kursk is the real turning point of the war

库斯克是大战中一个重要转折点

because Hitler moves over to the defensive³

因为希特勒改而采取防御

Overcome by paranoid he insists on having stenographer⁴ present

陷入偏执的他坚持要速记员在场

Von Manstein does not believe that thing is lost but Hitler disagrees

冯曼斯坦不认为大势已去，但希特勒这么认为

Von Manstein implores⁵ him to continue their offensive. Hitler refuses.

冯曼斯坦恳求他继续进攻。希特勒拒绝

The battle of Kursk is over

库斯科战役已结束

For Hitler the priority now is to send reinforcement over to Sicily while the Allies have just landed

希特勒认为现在最要紧的是派援军到盟军已登陆的西西里岛

The lasso is tighting

套索正在拉紧

Things are moving fast

一切进展地很快

1 inanities   

n.空洞( inanity的名词复数 )；浅薄；愚蠢；空洞的言行

参考例句：

2 curd   

n.凝乳；凝乳状物

参考例句：

• I'd like to add some pepper to the bean curd.我想在豆腐里加一点辣椒粉。
• The next one is bean curd with crab roe.下一个是蟹黄豆腐。

3 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

4 stenographer   

n.速记员

参考例句：

• The police stenographer recorded the man's confession word by word. 警察局速记员逐字记下了那个人的供词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A qualified stenographer is not necessarily a competent secretary. 一个合格的速记员不一定就是个称职的秘书。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 implores   

恳求或乞求（某人）( implore的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Every movie we see, every story we are told implores us to wait for it. 我们看的每一部电影，听的每一个故事都恳求着我们驻足等待。
• Every movie we see, every story we're told implores is to wait for it. 我们看的每场电影，听过的每个故事都告诉我们要耐心等待。