Opponents of President Ali Bongo in Gabon have set the national assembly on fire.

加蓬现任总统阿里·邦戈的反对派将国会搅得乌烟瘴气。

It was everything that miasma believers feared.

这正是相信瘴气理论的人所害怕的。

Miasma theory stated that disease was spread by miasmas, an outdated word that essentially means “bad air” or night air.

瘴气理论认为，疾病是通过瘴气的，瘴气是一个旧式用词，它思是“糟糕的空气”或“暮色”。

By the time Florence Nightingale came along, miasma wasn't the only theory in town.

到了弗洛伦丝·南丁格尔的年代，瘴气已经不是唯一的理论了。

But miasma was still the theory British politicians and army medical brass believed.

但是瘴气仍然是英国政客和军队医疗高层所相信的理论。

In the mid-19th Century, if you got sick, there was only one explanation: miasma.

在 19 世纪中期，如果你生病了，只有一种解释：瘴气。

Ser Barristan wrinkled up his nose, and said, " Your Grace should not be here, breathing these black humors" .

" 这儿乌烟瘴气，陛下不该来。"

And look what it's doing to the sky.

看它把天空搞得乌烟瘴气的。

One of the oldest and most commonly held beliefs about the spread of disease was a practice known as “miasma theory.”

关于疾病的，古老和普遍持有的信念之一是一种被称为“瘴气理论”的东西。

The entire Van Der Woodsen clan on a good day can be pretty overwhelming.

整个范德·伍德森家族会让美好的一天变得乌烟瘴气。

Miasmas were thought to emanate from foul smelling and unsanitary living conditions like human waste (yuck) , dirty water and rotting food.

瘴气被认为来自恶臭和不卫生的生活环境，如人类排泄物、脏水和腐烂的食物。

The air was heavy with the dust beaten up by the heavy boots of the men, and gray with smoke. It was very hot.

男人们的大靴子扬起的尘土和口里喷出的烟雾弄得屋子乌烟瘴气。空气又闷又热。

But here's the good news-- with her leaving, the stink will be off the paper, which makes this a great investment opportunity.

但是还是有好消息 她一走，乌烟瘴气也就散了，这份报纸就成了绝好的投资机会。

This recipe was inspired by the famed 2nd century Greco-Roman physician Galen, and was thought to ward off poisoned air known as miasma.

这个食谱的灵感来自 2 世纪著名的希腊罗马医生盖伦，被认为可以抵御被称为瘴气的有毒空气。

A shower is supposed to make you feel fresh and clean, but on the upper east side, they're where I get the most dirt.

洗澡本该让你觉得神清气爽，但在上东区，却是乌烟瘴气。

Miasma theory was one of those things you sometimes hear about in history and they sound so screwy you almost can't believe people actually thought it was real.

瘴气理论是你有时会在历史上听到的那些听起来很奇怪的东西之一，你几乎无法相信人们真的认为它是真的。

They consulted the works of earlier physicians for guidance, did what they could to fend off miasma, and prescribed a variety of concoctions and antidotes.

他们参考了早期医生的著作以寻求指导，尽其所能抵御瘴气，并开出了各种混合物和解毒剂。

The thought went that these gross conditions gave rise to miasmas that went on to cause major illnesses like cholera, malaria and the plague (aka Black Death) .

人们认为，这些恶劣的环境会导致瘴气，进而引发霍乱、疟疾和鼠疫(又名黑死病)等重大疾病。

It's fine. I'm gonna tell the story. So, I bring him to this, uh, this pretty seedy strip club, you know, to make a man out of him, right?

没事的，我讲给大家听。然后我把他带到一个乌烟瘴气的脱衣舞俱乐部，想让他变成真正的男子汉。

As one observer at the time wrote, the intention was to kill off those inside, because the " intolerable stench" of the corpses' miasma would spread the disease into the air and water.

正如当时的一位观察者所写的，其目的是杀死城市里面的人，因为尸体的瘴气发出的“无法忍受的恶臭”会将疾病到空气和水中。