来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第7集 第7集》
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was behaving too aggressively or unwisely,的行为 不明智 -
maybe it's an unwise policy,也许这是个不明智的政策 -
but even people who were--就连那些... -
considered themselves sort of supporters,自认为是 -
real dire supporters of the American colonists,美国殖民地者的忠实支持者 -
even they were not questioning the constitutional supremacy就连他们都不会质疑 -
of Parliament to tax the British colonies.向英国殖民地征税 -
That's almost like a line in the sand.就像那沙上的线 -
So along these lines,沿着这条线 -
despite the fact that you have some people in Parliament尽管事实上有些国会成员 -
who are sympathetic towards the colonies,对殖民地表示同情 -
Parliament could not just back down国会不能让步