Such a riposte was a scandalous impertinence, as well as an insult to Wilberforce's office, and the proceedings instantly collapsed in tumult.

这样一句尖锐的反驳中带有强烈火药味的回答，不仅极大地刺伤了威尔伯福斯，并且使全场一片哗然。

The college was started in a small town that was then known as Tarawa Springs, but it is now known as Wilberforce.

学院始建于一个小镇， 当时被称为塔拉瓦斯普林斯，但现在被称为威尔伯福斯。

Wilberforce had been briefed (or so it is generally assumed) by the ardent anti-Darwinian Richard Owen, who had been a guest in his home the night before.

此前一天晚上，理查德·欧文曾到威尔伯福斯家做客。理查德·欧文是一位狂热的反达尔文主义者，他和威尔伯福斯通了个气（反正大家是这么认为的）。