来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第3集 第3集》

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  and as Hamilton put it:
  汉密尔顿这样写道
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  "We asked him his reasons for cursing Sir Robert
  "我们追问他咒骂罗伯特爵士的原因
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  but he would give us no other" than this,
  但他的回答却是
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  "that he was certainly informed by some very good gentlemen
  他是听一个修养极好的绅士这样讲的
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  who understood the thing right well, that the said
  那个人对此很了解 并说过
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  Sir Robert was a damn rogue," so he must be.
  罗伯特爵士就是个无赖 那他则肯定是
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  Well, important gentlemen have told me he was
  好吧 显赫的绅士曾告诉我他是
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  and thus he must be, and I will now quote it to anyone
  那他就一定是 我逢人便讲
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  I meet in random taverns by the side of the road.
  即便只是在路边小酒馆遇到的陌生人
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  So here you see three average people trying clearly,
  大家可以轻易看出 至少作者看在眼里
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  or at least to Hamilton, trying clearly to impress or
  这三个普通百姓千方百计想讨好他
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  please him in some way.
  给他留下好印象