[打卡] 罗马士兵的崩溃

今天的外刊金句来自《经济学人》“被讹传的词源故事”，里面提出了一个罗马士兵吃盐的假设：

Roman soldiers' daily pay would have bought about 6.6kg of the salt; had they consumed it all, the army would have collapsed from hypertension before conquering the known world.

词/短语：

1.daily pay: 日薪

2.consume: vt.消耗、吃

3.collapse: vi.崩溃

4.hypertention: n.高血压

5. conquer: vt.征服

语法：

1.would have done: 对过去动作的推测

2.had they consumed it all = if they had consumed it all，虚拟语气

3.before conquering the known world: 时间状语

译：罗马士兵的日薪可以购买大约6.6千克（超过14磅）的盐；如果他们全部消耗掉，那么在征服已知世界之前，罗马军队就会因为高血压而崩溃。