来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第8集 第8集》
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"But a precedent,"但是先例 -
the force of which shall be established殖民地心照不宣 -
by the tacit submission of the colonies....服从的力量... -
If the parliament succeeds in this attempt,如果议会的企图成功 -
other statutes will impose other duties.其他情况下也会强加税收 -
And thus the parliament will levy upon us议会想 -
such sums of money as they chuoose to take,便可以给我们施加赋税 -
without any other limitation,没有限制 -
than their pleasure."只凭自己的喜好" -
He says it's just about the precedent;他说这只是先例的问题 -
it's all about precedent.只是先例 -
That's what we're looking at here.这是我们关注的问题