A lot of people mix up American Revolution with American war and

许多人将美国革命和美国战争混为一谈
they're not just one and the same thing.

它们绝不是同一个东西
The war is over.

战争结束了
The Revolution goes on,

革命却还在继续
and Rush is saying this even as late as 1787.

即使拉什说这话时已1787年
It's four years after the treaty that ended the war,

即停战协定签署四年之后了
we're heading in to Constitution territory,

当时我们正走向宪制社会
and to Rush, the Revolution is continuing.

而在拉什看来美国革命还在继续
So what do these people mean?

那么这些话意味着什么
Well, in part, they are expressing part of

在某种程度上他们解释了
what this class is going to be exploring.

我们这门课将要探讨的部分内容
They're basically suggesting

基本上他们提出