Sinon added some clever touches to his story to make it more  believable.

诗乃在他的故事中添加了一些巧妙的润色，使其更加可信。

It just happened to be at the moment he was  denouncing Sinon, and his death was therefore taken as a sign that Sinon was telling the truth.

恰好是他在声讨诗乃的时候，他的死也算是诗乃说的是真话的标志。

Many Trojans suspected that this giant hollow  horse was a trap, but they were persuaded by Sinon – Odysseus's cousin – that it was indeed  just a gift to the goddess.

许多特洛伊人怀疑这匹巨大的空心马是一个陷阱，但他们被奥德修斯的堂兄西农说服了，这确实只是送给女神的礼物。