来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第9集 第9集》

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  And then number four: "Peaceable and conscientious Tories
  第四类是"温和而谨慎的托利党人
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  who patiently submitted to the measures of the governing powers,
  他们容忍统治者的种种措施
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  and who showed nearly equal kindness
  对战争双方的不幸
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  to the distress of both parties during the war."
  有着几乎同等的关切"
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  This is Rush's way of looking at things,
  这是拉什观察局势的方法
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  and clearly that's his own little eccentric point of view,
  当然那只是他自己略显古怪的观点
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  but let's talk for a minute here about
  不过 这里我们花一点点时间
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  what we're talking about in the way of numbers,
  运用计量方法来讨论一些问题
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  as far as how many Loyalists are there,
  比如当时有多少效忠派
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  what are we talking about roughly percentage-wise.
  从大致的百分比来看我们谈论的事情
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  Historians estimate that roughly fifteen to twenty percent
  历史学家们估计 到战争结束时
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  of white males were Loyalist by the war's end,
  大约百分之十五到二十的白人男性是效忠派