来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第12集 第12集》

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  Like their counterparts in the colonial lobby,
  与殖民团体中同地位的人一样
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  anti-colonialists opposed French expansion for a number of reasons.
  反殖民主义者大有理由反对法国扩张
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  For some people, French colonial adventures seemed
  对一些人来说 法国的殖民历险就像是
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  a dangerous over-extension of French power.
  一场过度扩张法国实力的危险活动
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  Some people wondered how useful these dense jungles
  有人纳闷于这些稠密的丛林和荒芜的沙漠
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  and barren deserts could possibly be to France,
  到底对法国能有什么作用
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  especially when it became clear
  尤其是当人们意识到
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  that a lot of the financial returns on colonial expansion that had been expected
  帝国有关殖民扩张的财政
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  did not come to match these initial projections.
  大多入不敷出
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  Some people began to criticize colonial expansion for moral reasons,
  有人就道德问题批判殖民扩张
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  protesting the growing incidences of colonial barbarity.
  抗议殖民暴行日益增多
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  To give one example, at one public protest in 1906
  比如 1906年一次抗议示威中