In the aftermath of the second opium war in1860, it was the8th Earl of Elgin who ordered French, British and Punjabi soldiers to destroy the Old Summer Palace in Beijing.

Some objects in the collection, most notably the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, are the objects of intense controversy and of calls for restitution to their countries of origin.

在这些馆藏物品中，最引人注目的要数来自帕特农神庙的大理石雕刻。但与此同时，有些臧品却引起了极大争议，有些国家甚至要求大英博物馆归还其文物。

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Lord Elgin claimed his imprimatur from an Ottoman sultan, who said he could remove anything from the Parthenon that did not interfere with the ancient citadel's walls.

埃尔金勋爵宣称他有奥斯曼帝国苏丹王的特许证明，只要他不破坏古庙的墙体，他可以搬走庙中的任何东西。

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Despite objections that Lord Elgin had "ruined Athens" by the time his work was done in1905, the British Government purchased the marbles from him in1816.

1816年，尽管有人以埃尔金勋爵“毁了雅典”为由极力反对，英国政府依然于购得石雕。

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Johnstons of Elgin, a wool and cashmere clothing maker based in the northern Scottish city, exported&# 163; 200,000-worth of goods to China last year.

在苏格兰北方城市埃尔金，羊毛和羊绒服装制造商Johnstons去年向中国出口了20万英镑的产品。

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The museum's top floor displays the section of the frieze that Elgin's agents left behind, joined to plaster casts of the90-odd works in London.

博物馆的顶层显示出埃尔金的代理人留下的檐壁部分，与伦敦的90多件作品的石膏模型结合在一起。

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These carvings were taken from the Acropolis in Athens more than 200 years ago by the Earl of Elgin.

这些雕塑是埃尔金伯爵（earl of elgin）200多年前从雅典卫城运来的。

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The Elgin Marbles receive their name from the British lord who craftily spirited them away from Greece.

埃尔金大理石雕的名字得自一名的将石雕偷运出雅典的狡猾英国贵族。

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The Kansas border town of Elgin was billing itself the'greatest cattle shipping point of the u.s.a'.

堪萨斯州的边境城镇埃尔金自称是“美国最大的畜牛发运地点”。

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Nobody changed basketball more than Elgin baylor.

没有人比艾尔金-拜勒对篮球的改变更大。

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The carvings were acquired by Lord Elgin when Greece was part of the Ottoman empire.

这是额尔金勋爵从希腊搞到的，那时候希腊还属于奥斯曼帝国。

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But the Elgin Marbles dispute has so far proved impervious to a host of clever suggestions.

但事实证明，尽管有过很多独具匠心的建议，但有关埃尔金大理石雕塑的争议依然如故。

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This poem is elegant and sublime, and the lines are full of spring longing.

此诗清雅脱尘，句内饱含春意。

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The prose is written in a refreshing and elegant style.

文章清新秀逸。

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Those subtle patterns on the silk look elegant.

暗花儿的缎面儿看上去特别雅致。

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The room was in an elegant style.

房间的格调显得很高雅。

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Some of the embroideries are in bold, bright colours; others are quietly elegant.

刺绣品有的鲜艳，有的淡雅。

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The lady wears an elegant pink suit.

那位女士穿着一身雅致的粉红色套装。

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The fashion model adopted an elegant pose.

那个时装模特摆了一个优美的姿势。

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The exterior of the building was elegant and graceful.

这座大厦外观雅致而优美。

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'It's hardly what I'd call elegant,' she sniffed.

“要我说，这很难称得上雅致。”她不以为然地说。

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