Empire

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0:30 empire语段 来自众筹词汇实验室

She includes a suggestive aside on the blending of French and Persian inspirations in the Ottoman palace-building of the early 18th century—as good an emblem for the empire's strained multiculturalism as you could wish for. There are tantalising allusions to both the fascination and the repulsion which animated the later Ottomans' ambivalence towards Europe.

她在书中引人深思地提到，18世纪初期奥斯曼（Ottoman）兴建王宫时，曾融合了法国人和波斯人的灵感——这种糅合再好不过地寓示了奥斯曼帝国牵强的多文化主义色彩。书中引经据典描述了奥斯曼人对外来文化的着迷和排斥，生动再现了奥斯曼人后期对欧洲的矛盾心态。