but as important loyal officeholders or people related

但作为重要的王室官员
to them had closer contact with the British government

或与官员以及英国政府有着非比寻常的
than most others,

密切联系的人
and thus they were better able to see the logic of politics in England,

他们因而能够更好地看清英国国内的政治逻辑
so they had more reason to be skeptical of claims

所以他们更有理由怀疑人们所声称的
about a conspiracy afoot in England to destroy colonial rights.

正在英国进行的旨在破坏殖民地权利的阴谋
For example, Thomas Hutchison up in massachusetts

例如在马萨诸塞州任职的托马斯·哈钦森
was honestly baffled by the accusation

就着实对人们的指责感到迷惑不解
that there was a plot against colonial liberties

据人们称有一个针对殖民地自由的阴谋
and that somehow he was part of it.

而且哈钦森也以某种方式参与其中
He knew that he personally wasn't conspiring against the colonies,

哈钦森知道自己没有在阴谋对付殖民地
so he wasn't quite sure what people were talking about,

所以他不太确定人们在谈论什么