该法案将与帝国的贸易限制在英国船只中；但是，通过将所有殖民者归类为英国国籍，该法案也允许北美人建造属于他们自己的船只。

The acts limited trade with the Empire to British ships, but by classifying all colonists as British, the acts allowed North Americans to develop their own ships.

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这种尺度倾向于被帝国建造者摆脱，但是长期以来它是唯一的测量方式。

This yardstick tends to be shrugged off by empire builders, but in the long run it is the only one that counts.

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对美林的巨大损失负责的Stan O’Neal，与其说他是个管理风险的经理，不如说他更是一个帝国建造者。

Stan O’Neal, who presided over giant losses at Merrill Lynch, was more empire-builder than risk manager.

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