英语翻译

题目

英语翻译
All their armoured divisions or what was left of them together with great masses of infantry andartillery,hurled themselves in vain upon the ever-narrowing,ever-contracting appendix within which the British and French armies fought.
这是丘吉尔演讲we shall never surrender里的话,帮我翻译一下,尤其是ever-narrowing,ever-contracting appendix,这两个单词是什么意思.

答案

他们所有的装甲师或他们剩余的部队,和他们大量的步兵、炮兵一起,无奈地将他们自己投入到与英法联军残酷的、不必要的战争中.
ever-narrowing 更加狭小（更加残酷）
ever-contracting appendix 附属合约（不重要的部分）