The Knights of Labor doubled their membership within a year, and the struggle for a shorter working day was renewed on a national level.

一年内，劳工骑士团的会员数量增加了一倍，并在全国范围内重启了争取缩短工作时间的斗争。

Unlike the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor sought, first of all, to be very practical in its objects and methods.

——与劳工骑士团不同，美国劳工联合会首先寻求在其目标和方法上非常实用。

Three years later, mainly owing to the pressure of the Knights of Labor, it forbade any person, company, or association to import aliens under contract.

三年后， 主要是由于劳工骑士团的压力，它禁止任何人、公司或协会根据合同进口外国人。

From its very inception, the American Federation of Labor, like the Knights of Labor before it, was confronted by numerous questions raised by the ever swelling tide of aliens coming to our shores.

——从一开始，美国劳工联合会就和它之前的劳工骑士团一样，面临着不断涌入我们海岸的外星人浪潮所引发的无数问题。