许是一时起了贪念
“Perhaps greed momentarily overcame him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We've never seen such splendor before.”
许是 一时 起了贪念
“Perhaps greed momentarily overcame him.”
还望陛下见谅
“We beg Your Majesty's forgiveness.”
“I made a foolish mistake in the heat of the moment, please spare me.”
In imperial court etiquette, downplaying deliberate treason or crime as an impulsive slip of character ('momentary greed') is a standard rhetoric for begging the sovereign's leniency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
perhaps; maybe
A literary and formal hedge used to soften statements, common in historical or period speech.
succumbed to greed / conceived a greedy thought
A formal expression used when admitting to unethical or grasping behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yet for your own greed,”
“And once you crave it, you do foolish things.”
“if a person is too greedy,”
“All of this was caused by the greed of others.”
“you'll only play right into her hands.”
“Who can not be moved by money?”