the colonies were actually right in the middle of

正值殖民地区爆发
the Great Awakening, which was this really vast religious revival

大觉醒运动这场宗教复兴的浪潮
that really swept through the colonies,

席卷了整个北美殖民地
and in the course of Hamilton's travels

在汉密尔顿的旅途中
he said he could always tell when he came across a revivalist

他总能一眼认出大觉醒运动的支持者
because they always had a really dour expression on their face

因为这些人总是表情凝重
as though they were just about to ask you to repent for your sins.

似乎时刻准备要求你为自己的罪过忏悔
So he says at one point he came across one of these revivalists.

他描述了一次邂逅某复兴运动者的情形
He said the fellow was named Mr. Thomas Quiet and,

对方名叫托马斯·夸特
as Hamilton put it in his diary:

汉密尔顿的日记中是这样记载的
"This fellow I observed had a particular down-hanging look,

"通过观察我发现他总耷拉着脸
which made me suspect that he is one of the revivalists.

凭此我就怀疑他可能是复兴运动者