Tribute payers were also obliged to produce certain quantities of rare and precious goods.

进贡者也被要求生产一定数量的稀有和珍贵的物品。

Many conquered nations had to pay tribute to the rulers of ancient Rome.

许多被征服的国家必须给古罗马帝国的统治者进贡。

In 1214, the Jin signed a peace deal due to their internal issues of corruption, natural disasters, and assassinations of top officials and had to pay tribute to Genghis Khan and retreat to the south.

1214 年，由于内部腐败、自然灾害、高官被暗杀等问题，金朝签订了和约，不得不向成吉思汗进贡，并向南撤退。

The Lotuses of Jianning are known as " the Best Lotus " and are listed as a tribute treasure.

建莲被誉为莲中极品被列入进贡珍品。

It was in great demand by the royal court more than 2,000 kilometers to the north.

需要向2000多北的朝廷大量进贡。

Who would worship them and offer tributes if the humans disappeared?

如果人类消失了， 谁来祭祀和进贡呢？

They gave them tributes and traded with them, but they were proud Celtic warriors.

他们向他们进贡并与他们贸易，但他们仍然骄傲的凯尔特战士。

Let everyone around him bring gifts to the one who must be feared.

让周围的人都向他进贡，献上祭品给那令人敬畏者。

They were part and parcel of vassals' tribute to the overlord.

他们附庸向宗主进贡的一部分。

You may recall that in our first chat with Professor Nicholas Morton, we talked about the Mongol occupation of Anatolia, and that one of the things they demanded as tribute from the Seljuks was 3,000 felt hats every year.

你记得， 在我们第一次与尼古拉斯·莫顿教授聊天时，我们讨论了蒙古人对安纳托利亚的占领，及他们要求塞尔柱王朝每年进贡3000顶毛毡帽的事情。

From his earliest days as a refiner, he had adopted the principle of paying no man a profit, and of performing all the intermediate acts that had formerly resulted in large tribute to middlemen.

从他作为炼油师的最初日子起，他就采取了不向任何人支付利润的原则，并且执行所有中间行为，这些中间行为前导致向中间人进贡。

They sent a messenger to the town, demanding a tribute of $10,000 annually, saying if these terms were not complied with, they would land and destroy the town and murder all the inhabitants.

他们派遣信使前往城镇， 要求每年进贡一万美元，并威胁若不答应，便将登陆摧毁城镇， 屠杀所有居民。

While the Burmese had once paid tribute to  the Thai, they had gradually gained a great deal of power, and the city-states of the  area succumbed to them one after the other.

缅甸人虽然曾经向泰国人进贡， 但后来逐渐获得了很大的权力，该地区的城邦纷纷臣服于他们。

There was a moment when I thought he would snatch up the rolls and throw them out of the window, declaring that he was no beggar, but a king claiming tribute.

有那么一刻，我为他会抓起面包卷扔出窗外，宣称他不乞丐，而一个要求进贡的国王。

Also, these tribute missions brought lots of crazy things to China, including exotic animals: from Africa, Zheng He brought back a zoo’s worth of rhinos, zebras, and even giraffes.

此外，这些进贡任务给中国带来了很多疯狂的东西，包括外来动物：郑和从非洲带回了一个动物园的犀牛、斑马， 甚至长颈鹿。

But if they play nice with him and they go and they offer him some some tribute, that there is a good chance that they can get an exemption.

但如果他们对他友善一些， 并且去向他进贡，那么他们有很大的机会获得豁免。

What is now Syria and, uh, giving gifts, vassals, giving gifts, lots of description in here, thousands and thousands of cuneiform characters.

现在叙利亚的地方，呃，进贡，属国进贡，这有很多描述，成千上万的楔形文字。

The tributaries of the Varangians drove them back beyond the sea, and refusing them further tribute, set out to govern themselves.

瓦良格人的附庸们将他们驱逐回海外，拒绝继续进贡， 并开始自行治理。

What Su Dongpo meant was that the lychees tributed during the Eastern Han Dynasty came from Jiaozhou, which is today's Lingnan, while those tributed during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang came from Fuzhou, which is today's Fuling.

苏东坡的意思， 东汉时期进贡的荔枝来自胶州，也就今天的岭南， 而唐玄宗在位期间进贡的荔枝来自福州，也就今天的涪陵。

" The King told me long ago, " said Scrubb - " that time when I was with him at sea-that he'd jolly well beaten those giants in war and made them pay him tribute."

“国王很久前告诉过我，”斯克罗布说，”那时我跟他一起在海上，他说他在战争中把巨人打得大败而归，而且逼得他们向他进贡。”