Daring burglaries by armed men and highway robberies took place in the capital itself every night.

首都伦敦每晚都有持械歹徒和拦路铤而走险，大肆作案。

He would have put himself in a fair way of getting shot instantly as a highwayman.

他很可能会被当作拦路，立即遭到枪击。

We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

我们称赞银行家, 为是好透支我们帐户;我们发现拦路优点, 是希望他手下留情。

Except that I remember them both to have been—like myself—timorous of highwaymen, and the prisoner has not a timorous air." " Did you ever see a counterfeit of timidity, Mr. Lorry?

只是我记得他们俩都像我一样对拦路到，而囚犯却没有神情。” “你见过假装人吗，洛瑞先生？

That magnificent potentiate, the Lord Mayor of London, was made to stand and deliver on Turnham Green by one highwayman who despoiled the illustrious creature in sight of all his retinue.

那位威风凛凛大人物， 伦敦市长老爷，在特恩汉姆草地竟然被一个拦路逼得乖乖交出财物， 当着他全体手下面， 这抢劫了这位显赫人物。

As a matter of fact that man had himself been a highwayman some time before, and he took me to his home in the town and there taught me all the tricks of the trade.

事实上，那个人以前也曾是一名拦路，他把我带到他在镇上家，在那里教了我所有行当技巧。

Much like the highwaymen we heard about in the last episode, the life of a pirate was alluring, it was attractive, it was interesting, it was completely understandable that normal people were so curious about them.

正如我们在上一集提到拦路一样，海生活同样充满诱惑，引人入胜且趣味盎然， 难怪普通人会对他们如此好奇。

The Highwayman in the Dark was a city tradesman in the light, and being recognized and challenged by his fellow tradesmen, whom he stopped in his character of the Captain, gallantly shot him and rode away.

夜间拦路白天是一位城市商人，当他以“船长”身份拦住其他商人时，被同行认出并质问，他英勇地开枪射杀了对方，然后扬长而去。

The Drakes, though, were committed to this new religion, so they appeared to have had to flee their home, although that might be something to do with the fact their father may well have been a highway robber.

德雷克一家却信奉这种新宗教，因此他们似乎不得不逃离家园，尽管这可能与他们父亲很可能是个拦路有关。

If any one of the three had had the hardihood to propose to another to walk on a little ahead into the mist and darkness, he would have put himself in a fair way of getting shot instantly as a highwayman.

如果这三个人中任何一个有勇气建议另一个人走在前面一点，进入迷雾和黑暗中，那么他很可能会像拦路一样立即被枪杀。