that once it was evident that there was a large majority in favor of the motion,

有证据表明当大部分人都投赞成票时
nobody wanted to be seen as being against it.

没人会想被认为是持反对意见的异类
It would had the look of cowardice, of a lack of patriotism,

那是懦弱缺乏爱国心的表现
and people in these circumstances,it has been my experience,

我有过这种经历当所有人
hate to seem not to be going along

都狂热地支持某个决定时在这种环境下
when everybody is enthusiastically going in a particular direction.

人们不想让人觉得自己不合群
So that's how I interpret Xenophon's remarkable testimony,

那就是我对色诺芬的不寻常的证词的解读
but whatever the truth of it,

不论真相如何
what is clear is the great enthusiasm, overwhelming majority,

当时的确有巨大的热情和压倒性的赞成票
they are prepared to fight for their true autonomy

人们准备好在即将到来的战争中
in the war to come.

去争取他们真正的自治
So, the coalition is finally formed.

于是联盟最终成立