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Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
默頓學(xué)院是英國(guó)牛津大學(xué)眾多學(xué)院中的一個(gè)。
It was founded in 1264 by Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Rochester.
它于1264年由時(shí)任英格蘭大法官和羅徹斯特主教的瓦爾特.德默頓創(chuàng)立。
It is claimed that Merton is the oldest college in the University of Oxford, with the substance that Merton was the first college to be provided with "statutes".
默頓學(xué)院宣稱自己是牛津大學(xué)最古老的學(xué)院，因?yàn)樗钤珙C布并實(shí)施了自治條例。
Which ruled that the college governed its own funding.
該條例規(guī)定資金由學(xué)院自行支配。
In 1274，Merton made his final revisions to the college statutes, which is still used today.
1274年，默頓對(duì)學(xué)院的條例做了最后修改，并一直沿用至今。
Simultaneously，he commenced a rapid program of building.
與此同時(shí)，他開(kāi)始大興修建學(xué)院建筑。
At the end of the 13th century, the hall, the chapel, and the rest of the front quad were complete.
到13世紀(jì)末，餐廳、教堂以及學(xué)院前庭的其他部分都順利完工。
During the past 700 years, the academic activities of the College were not interrupted, as well as the buildings were expanded continuously.
700多年來(lái)，這里的學(xué)術(shù)活動(dòng)一直延續(xù)不斷，學(xué)院的建筑也在不斷擴(kuò)展。
Nowadays, Merton College has become the most academically successful and economically wealthy college in the University of Oxford.
時(shí)至今日，默頓學(xué)院已經(jīng)成為牛津大學(xué)學(xué)術(shù)實(shí)力最強(qiáng)、經(jīng)濟(jì)條件最富裕的學(xué)院之一。
In recent years, the College has achieved high ranking in the Norrington Table, and in the last eight years, Merton has been top of the Norrington table six times.
近年來(lái)，默頓學(xué)院在諾林頓表上的排名一直很靠前。
The Norrington Table is an annual ranking that lists the colleges of the University of Oxford.
在過(guò)去的8年里， 默頓學(xué)院就有6次榮居諾林頓表首位。
Currently, it is calculated by the performance of their undergraduate students on that year's final examinations.
牛津大學(xué)學(xué)院排行榜稱為諾林頓表，通常。
As I have mentioned above, there exist a lot of architecturally distinctive buildings in Merton College, including the Hall, the Front Quad, the Mob Quad, the Fellow's Quad, and so on.
如前所述，默頓學(xué)院擁有大量造型獨(dú)特的建筑。包括餐廳、學(xué)院前庭、莫伯方庭（民眾方庭）和院士方庭等。
The hall is the oldest surviving college building, though only the door preserves its magnificent medieval ironwork.
餐廳雖然只有大門還保留著中世紀(jì)的鐵門風(fēng)格，但它卻是尚存最早的學(xué)院建筑。
The hall is still used daily for meals, and not open to visitors.
這間餐廳現(xiàn)在仍然用于日常供餐，不對(duì)游人開(kāi)放。
Mob Quad, built in the 14th century, is the oldest quadrangle of any Oxford or Cambridge college.
建于14世紀(jì)的莫伯方庭是牛津和劍橋所有學(xué)院里最古老的方庭。
The old library, located upstairs of Mob Quad, is one of the oldest medieval libraries in Britain, which is still in use today.
位于莫伯方庭樓上的圖書(shū)館是英國(guó)迄今為止仍在使用的最古老的中世紀(jì)圖書(shū)館之一。
The grandest quadrangle in Merton is the Fellows' Quadrangle, which was undertaken by Sir Henry Savile at the beginning of the 17th century.
默頓學(xué)院最大的庭院是院士方庭。它是在17世紀(jì)初斯,由亨利薩維爾男爵出資興建的。
There are also a number of buildings founded in Victorian-era or later, such as St. Alban Quad and the Grove building.
學(xué)院還有一些維多利亞時(shí)期、甚至更晚興建的建筑，如圣.阿爾班方庭和格羅夫大樓等。
