Milankovitch wondered if there might be a relationship between these complex cycles and the comings and goings of ice ages.

米兰柯维契觉得，这些周期性的复杂变化与冰川期的产生和消退也许存在某种关系。

Milankovitch realized that the problem with Croll's theory was not that it was incorrect but that it was too simple.

他发现，克罗尔的理论的问题并不是它不正确，而是它太简单。

And one of the best-known is called the Milankovitch Hypothesis. Now what the Milankovitch Hypothesis is about?

最著名的假设之一是米兰科维奇假说。现在米兰科维奇假说是关于什么的？

Now, when Milankovitch first proposed this theory in the 1920s, many of his colleagues were skeptical.

现在，当 Milankovitch 在 1920 年代首次提出这一理论时， 他的许多同事都持怀疑态度。

The calculations all had to be made in his spare time, but in 1914 Milankovitch suddenly got a great deal of that

计算都得在业余时间里进行，可是到了1914年，米兰柯维契突然有了许多空余的时间。

And from these samples they were able to put together a history of ocean temperatures going back hundreds of thousands of years, and this showed that earth’s climate had changed pretty much the way Milankovitch’s hypothesis suggested it would.

从这些样本中， 他们能够将几十万年前的海洋温度历史放在一起， 这表明地球的气候已经发生了很大的变化， 就像米兰科维奇的假设所暗示的那样。