Boers

Recent history brought Portuguese , British and Dutch Boers who came because South Africa was on the sea route from Europe to the East .

近代，由于这里是欧洲到达东方的海上之路，因此葡萄牙人、英国人和波尔人纷纷来此。

After their defeat of the Boers in 1902 , the British masters of South Africa wanted labour for the gold mines that had given birth to Johannesburg ; but they also wanted to attract white , English-speaking immigrants , and to promise them a life in which other races featured only as house servants .

继1902年大败波尔人后，英国南非的统治者希望为金矿的发展增加开发过约翰尼斯堡的劳动力，但他们也想吸引讲英语的白色人种移民前来。所以统治者承诺移民能过上一种把其他种族当做家仆来使唤的尊贵生活。

The Boers rebelled against British rule , proclaiming their independence on 30 December 1880

布尔人反抗英国统治，并于1880年12月30日宣布独立。

The Boers were the beginning of the end .

布尔人造成了结局的开端。

The theory basis mainly includes three aspects : The study model and achievements in Boers ' study of improving vocabulary teaching by utilizing metaphor theory ;

本研究的理论依据主要来自三个方面：Boers关于利用隐喻理论促进外语词汇教学的研究；

The captured men were taken to a school the Boers had converted into a prison camp .

但是丘吉尔和其他战争中的生还者却没有那么幸运，他们悉数被俘并被押送至一所由布尔当地学校改造的战俘集中营。

The Prime Minister 's desire was to mediate peace between the English and the Boers .

首相的愿望是通过调解促成英国人与布尔人之间的和解。

A republic at the southernmost part of Africa ; first European settlers were Dutch ( known as Boers ) .

非洲最南部的一个共和国；最早的欧洲殖民者是荷兰人，即布尔人。

He attracted as followers the kind of Boers who enjoyed donning absurd uniforms and playing soldiers .

一些喜欢身穿奇装异服和摆弄武器的布尔人为他所吸引，追随着他。

The Boers had just wrecked a British military trainArnold Bennett .

布尔人刚刚毁了一辆英国军用火车。

when he was fighting the Boers .

跟布尔人打仗时

Due to the poor performance of the British Army in the war , Britain paid a huge human , financial consideration , after nearly three years , to defeat the Boers .

战争中英军的表现不佳，在付出了巨大的人力、财力代价后，历经近三年才打败布尔人。

For a few years , the British took control of the Transvaal region from the Boers in1877 , and Shepstone became governor of that region .

几年之后的1877年，英国人从布尔人手里夺来了德兰士瓦地区，谢普斯通也成了该地区的总督。

It reminded me of my grandfather , a crook who set up a used car business in Durban auctioning dodgy cars to Boers who were not used to that sort of thing .

乔布斯让我想起了我那位同样狡诈的祖父，他曾在德班经营一家二手车店。

Baden-Powell 's unusual tactics , such as having his men pretend to avoid landmines and barbed wire around the garrison , fooled the Boers into thinking the British had such defences .

贝登堡运用非同寻常的策略，例如让他的手下假装在部队周围躲闪地雷和铁丝网，使布尔人误以为英军具有这些防备。

As the British returned fire , the train driver steamed ahead at full speed - and ran right into the rocks the Boers had placed on the tracks , causing one of the cars to derail on a curve .

就在英国士兵全力反击时，火车却全速前进撞上了布尔人放置在轨道上的石块，导致火车在转弯时其中一节车厢脱轨。

Forced to jump off by thirst , he then walked through the bush until he came across a cottage owned by a British mining engineer , who agreed to hide him at the bottom of a mine shaft . He also told him that the Boers had placed a £ 25 bounty on his head .

中途迫于饥渴，他跳下了火车，徒步穿越灌木丛直到来到了一座英国采矿工程师的小屋，工程师答应让他藏在一处煤矿通风井的底部，并告诉丘吉尔布尔人正以重金25英镑悬赏通缉他。