Historians say a trial in the colony of New York in seventeen thirty-five went a long way toward establishing this freedom.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Okay, so this gives you some idea of the range of possible relationships between colony and mother city.

好了,那么这就使你们,对殖民地与母邦之间的关系,有了一定的了解

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

This is also -I keep thinking how British we are; this is New England and this is the United States, a former British colony.

这也是...,我常想,我们真的很"英国",这里称为新英格兰地区,而美国过去也是英国的殖民地

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This time,however, the calls came from a colony of monkeys kept at the University of Wisconsin.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

There's no question that there was a Greek colony there and as I say the archaeological remains confirm the general time for this happening.

这是确凿无误的,但是,正如我所说,考古学上仍有某些有待解决的问题

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It did not want to give up this important colony.

VOA: special.2010.07.15