Maitland

Maitland offered one reason: the subject requires researchers to "master an extremely formal system of pleading and procedure".

梅特兰给出了一个理由：这一课题要求研究人员“掌握一套极其正式的答辩程序系统”。

Maitland observed that legal documents are the best—indeed, often the only—available evidence about the economic and social history of a given period.

梅特兰观察到，法律文件是关于某一特定时期的经济和社会历史的最好的——事实上，往往是唯一可用的证据。

Maitland, the auctioneer, put up a pair of vases late that afternoon.

那天傍晚，拍买商梅特兰拿出一对花瓶来拍卖。

"They singe the fur off, then sell the animals naked but intact," U.K. photographer David Maitland explained.

“他们将皮毛烤掉，然后剥干净，整只完好地出售。”英国摄影师大卫·梅特兰解释道。

To be able to detect them, Dr Maitland will have to use a specially developed camera that scans the body slice by slice.

为了能够检测到它们，梅特兰博士不得不使用专门研制的能够一片一片扫描身体的相机。