来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命第6集第6集》

telling them to ignore the Massachusetts letter

告诫他们不要理睬马萨诸塞州的通函
or else he would dissolve their legislatures too.

否则也将解散他们的议会
Okay. That's... There's a strong statement for you,

这可... 这听起来是个严正的声明
that's clearly bound to make colonists get very, very upset.

这势必会让殖民地居民感到非常不安
Hillsborough also, knowing that people are going to get upset,

希尔斯伯勒深知人们会感到不安
urged General Thomas Gage, who's commander-in-chief of the army

敦促当时驻守在纽约的
and at the time was posted in New York,

军队总司令托马斯·盖奇将军
he urges Gage in New York to prepare his troops

他敦促当时在纽约的盖奇整顿好他的军队
in case they're needed in Boston.

以便随时奔赴波士顿
Okay. So he's anticipating there might be a response;

他猜测可能会有一些反抗活动
it would be nice to have troops

慎重起见
potentially ready to go to Boston.

他让一支军队待命随时向波士顿开拔