The narratives that vanquished peoples have created of their defeat have, according to Schivelbusch, fallen into several identifiable types. In one of these, the vanquished manage to (1) the victor's triumph as the result of some spurious advangtage, the victors being truly inferior where it counts. Often the winners (2) this interpretation, worrying about the cultural or moral costs of their triumph and so giving some crendence to the loser's story.
(1) construe; anoint; acknowledge
(2)take issue with; disregard; collude in
尤其是第二空怎么理解, 以前也做过选collude的题也没做对,不是共谋的意思么, 是有我不知道意思吗,求解答~~