苟延

但是迦勒底祭司的传统依然苟延不废。

The tradition of the Chaldean priests still lingered .

以便在第二个额头上苟延年命，

To live a second life on second head ;

凡此种种，都阻碍了工商阶级的发展，使建立在封建残余基础上的专制政体得以苟延至今。

These and other factors blocked the development of a merchant-industrial class and insured the survival of a despotic state cemented in the remains of feudalism .