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German德语词条或短语：	an etwas nicht gelegen sein
English英语翻译：	to be opposed to
输入者：	Liesl

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05:24 Feb 7, 2008

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German德语词条或短语： an etwas gelegen sein

The phrase is: Den Briten war an einer weiteren Ausdehnung der burischen Macht ohnehin nicht gelegen

and it's part of the larger paragraph:

Als in den Jahren nach 1860 das Reich der Basuto am Rand des Untergangs stand, bat Moshoeshoe I. die englische Kolonialmacht um Schutz. Den Briten war an einer weiteren Ausdehnung der burischen Macht ohnehin nicht gelegen und sie erklärten das Reich Moshoeshoes I. 1868 zum Protektorat Basutoland.

I'm just a little bit unsure how to translate this phrase. I know "liegen an" means "due to/caused by"...but the dative use of Den Briten at the start is confusing me a bit. Does it mean the British had never been fussy on the Boer power spreading? I'd be very grateful if someone could just put me on the right track.

Many thanks in advance!

Emilita

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Johannes Irmer: 06:30 Feb 7, 2008: Bertelsmann: http://www.wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/services/suche/wbg...

3 jmdm. liegt etwas an etwas oder jmdm. jmd. hat Interesse für etwas oder jmdn., jmd. möchte etwas gern; mir liegt viel daran; mir liegt nichts daran; [...]

were opposed to

说明：
My first instinct was actually to go with Edith's definition (which I do still agree with).

However, considering Andries' description of the context, I would suggest using the verb "to be opposed to" -- which is a bit more "active" in the political context, as described in the text.

The British were opposed to the further expansion of...

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Liesl
德国

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Thanks for this. Yes, in this case I think "opposed to" fitted slightly better than "not interested in", but everyone's answers helped me understand the gist, so thanks to all!
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所提供的全部ENGLISH英语翻译如下：

3 +13

they were not interested in

EdithK

4 +1

were opposed to

Liesl

that did not matter to them, that was not important for them

babli

to be dissatisfied, annoyed with

Andries Conradie

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4分钟信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +13

liegen an (this context) they were not interested in

说明：
the dative is fine here ... The British were not interested in a ... It did not suit the British ...

this is the meaning, maybe someone can come up with a snappier wording

EdithK
德国
母语： German德语, English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 32

2小时信心度：

liegen an (this context) to be dissatisfied, annoyed with

说明：
I know the historical context a little bit! To say that the British had no interest is quite an understatement, because they were chasing the Boers, who had left the Cape Colony, and annexed every territory they claimed as theirs, i.e. the Free State, Transvaal, Natal. So, in this context the Basuto king played his last card: he didn't want to lose his independence to either the Boers or the British, but found him in a desperate situation and knowing that the British were doing everything in their power to annex Boer territory he decided to become a Proctetorate BECAUSE THE BRITISH MADE UP THEIR MIND TO PREVEND BOER INDEPENDENCE

Andries Conradie
德国
母语： English英语, German德语

3小时信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +1

liegen an (this context)

were opposed to

Liesl
德国
母语： English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 4

提问者给回答者的留言

Thanks for this. Yes, in this case I think "opposed to" fitted slightly better than "not interested in", but everyone's answers helped me understand the gist, so thanks to all!

4小时信心度：

liegen an (this context) that did not matter to them, that was not important for them

说明：

es liegt mir viel daran. an etw. liegen - to be down to something

证明参考： http://www.riverso.net

babli
印度
母语： Hindi印地语

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German德语: an etwas gelegen sein

English英语 translation: to be opposed to