The Mongol Empire rose to power in the 13th century, and raided, traded, and toppled empires over previously unthinkable distances.

十三世纪，蒙古帝国得势，并在此前难以想象的距离上进行了掠夺、贸易和推翻帝国的行动。

Both the belligerents in Europe were guilty of depredations on American commerce.

欧洲的两个交战国都对美国业进行了掠夺。

As Beijing makes a massive and unprecedented land grab 600 miles from its coast.

随着北京在距其海岸 600 英里的地方进行大规模且前所未有的土地掠夺。

In Palo Duro Canyon they abandoned their crucial stores to pillage and had nothing then but their lives.

在帕洛杜罗峡谷，他们放弃了重要的店进行掠夺，除了生命，他们一无所有。

Some plundered and settled in the British Isles and France; others braved Artic exploration or forged clever new trade routes to the Middle East.

他们有的掠夺、侵占了不列颠岛屿和法国，有的进行了艰难的南极探险，还有的开辟了通向中东的新贸易通道。

Like the British, French colonizers had sacked and looted their way through sub-saharan Africa, and sent home thousands of treasures that are still on display in French museums.

与英国人一样，法国殖民者在撒哈拉以南非洲地区进行了洗劫和掠夺，并将数千件至今仍在法国博物馆展出的宝藏送回国。

At the end of the third year, Ragnar found  himself becoming restless. He longed for voyages across the sea and adventures that  led to battle and plunder in faraway places.

三年末，拉格纳发现自己变得焦躁不安。他渴望跨海航行， 渴望在遥远的地方进行战斗和掠夺。

Having the unnecessary carnage in war, the actual killing of people or in business, the unnecessary destruction of kind of monetary assets in people's lives and careers. That's not the object of war.

意思是说，不论是在战争中进行不必要的屠杀，真正地掠夺生命，或是在生意上，在人们的生活和工作中对某种资产造成不必要的破坏。这都不是战争的目的。

Relations between Normandy and England at this time were growing increasingly strained by the fact that Normandy was becoming a renowned safe haven from which Viking pillagers were allowed to conduct their operations against Britain.

此时诺曼底和英国之间的关系变得越来越紧张，因为诺曼底正在成为一个著名的安全港，维京掠夺者可以从那里对英国进行行动。

Bands of young men, like the marauders in the great strike of whom I told you just now, armed themselves and drilled, and began on any opportunity or pretence to skirmish with the people in the streets.

成群结队的年轻人，就像我刚才告诉你的大罢工中的掠夺者一样，武装起来并进行训练，并开始利用任何机会或假装与街上的人们发生小规模冲突。