it had no organized sections and no clearly defined program

它没有组织结构也没有明确的规划
or electoral platform.

更没有选举平台
It was far beyond the vocal colonial advocates

但它远超过那些在下议院中
in the Chamber of Deputies.

夸夸其谈的殖民拥护者
It included men like the informal group of explorers and geographers

里头有由探险家和地理学者组成的非正式群体
who met every week in Paris at the Petite Vache brasserie

他们每星期在巴黎的小牛啤酒店碰面
to share their fascination with exotic places,

来分享彼此对异国的憧憬
and to talk about how the government might be able to

来谈论政府如何能更好地
better promote and support these voyages of exploration.

推动和支援这次探险旅程
The colonial lobby included shipbuilders,

殖民游说团体还包括造船家
and railway magnates, and factory owners,

铁路巨头和工厂厂主
people who believed that the colonies were the way to--

他们认为殖民地意味着