Every other commodity, however, will, at any particular time, purchase a greater or smaller quantity of labour, in proportion to the quantity of subsistence which it can purchase at that time.

然而，每一种其他商品在任何特定时间都会购买或多或少的劳动量，这与它当时所能购买的生活资料量成正比。

It was not because silver would in such times purchase or represent a greater quantity of labour, but because such commodities would purchase or represent a much smaller quantity than in times of more opulence and improvement.

这并不是因为白银在这样的时代会购买或代表更多的劳动力，而是因为与更加富裕和改善的时代相比，这些商品将购买或代表的数量要少得多。