The population had just
人们对于这位国王
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,
实际上 我认为
they'd fallen out of love with their king.
他们再也不拥戴他们的国王了
It has been argued that the monarchy could never recover
对于君主制能否从路易造成的危害中恢复
from the harm engendered by Louis XV.
人们仍在争议之中
He had dragged it into such disrepute that there was no recovery.
他让这一制度声名狼藉 无法恢复
The abiding memory of Louis XV
人们对路易十五
is a man who is morally corrupt
仅留下道德败坏的印象
and is unable to rise above
他意志薄弱
his melancholy into any kind of grandeur.
无所作为
He is the least grand of the French monarchs, surely.
他是法国君主史里最平庸的国王