The population had just
人們對于這位國王
lost any hope or confidence in their king,
失去了希望和信心
and indeed, I think it's fair to say,
實際上 我認為
they'd fallen out of love with their king.
他們再也不擁戴他們的國王了
It has been argued that the monarchy could never recover
對于君主制能否從路易造成的危害中恢復
from the harm engendered by Louis XV.
人們仍在爭議之中
He had dragged it into such disrepute that there was no recovery.
他讓這一制度聲名狼藉 無法恢復
The abiding memory of Louis XV
人們對路易十五
is a man who is morally corrupt
僅留下道德敗壞的印象
and is unable to rise above
他意志薄弱
his melancholy into any kind of grandeur.
無所作為
He is the least grand of the French monarchs, surely.
他是法國君主史里最平庸的國王