请问这句话怎么翻译?尤其是"a providential man"和 "hour"..
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请问这句话怎么翻译?尤其是"a providential man"和 "hour"..
Many comparisons have been made of Washinton and Lincoln.Each was in the highest sense a providential man raised up for his era,and filled with those eminent qualities that enabled him to do the great work of the hour.
答
人们常常将华盛顿和林肯做比较.他们都完全是为那个时代而生的,而且他们被赋予了那些能使他们完成那个时代的伟业的必要品质.