" I must see Lord Cornwallis, " she said.

“我必须见康沃利斯勋爵。”她说。

Cornwallis knew he had no chance to win without more troops.

康沃利斯知道，如果没有增援，他就没有获胜的希望。

De Grasse met some of the British ships that Cornwallis was expecting, and he defeated them.

格拉塞遇到了康沃利斯期待的英国船只，并打败了英军。

Cornwallis began the last of his operations.

康沃利斯开始了他最后的手术。

Three years later, Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

三年后，康沃利斯在约克镇投降。

The full effect of the French alliance was not felt until 1781, when Cornwallis went into Virginia and settled at Yorktown.

直到 1781 年，当康沃利斯进入弗吉尼亚并在约克镇定居时，法国同盟的全部影响才显现出来。

Cornwallis could technically defeat Greene at Guilford far in the interior; but he could not hold the inland region he had invaded.

从技术上讲， 康沃利斯可以在内陆远在吉尔福德击败格林。但是他无法控制他入侵的内陆地区。

Provincial jealousies delayed ratification, and it was the spring of 1781, a few months before the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, when Maryland, the last of the states, approved the Articles.

各省的嫉妒推迟了批准条款， 1781 年春天，即康沃利斯在约克镇投降前几个月， 最后一个州马里兰州批准了条款。

Virginia played a central role in the Revolutionary war: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson called Virginia home, and and Yorktown, Virginia, was the site of the surrender by British General Cornwallis, which brought the Revolution to a close.

在后来的大革命战争约克镇大捷中弗吉尼亚扮演着重要的角色，此外，华盛顿和杰弗逊把弗吉尼亚称作美国发源地，因为他们在弗吉尼亚的约克城接受了英格兰守城将军康沃利斯的投降，自此以后，北美独立战争迎来结束。

Lord Cornwallis, whose achievements at Camden and Guilford were blotted out by his surrender at Yorktown, had seen service in the Seven Years' War and had undoubted talents which he afterward displayed with great credit to himself in India.

康沃利斯勋爵在卡姆登和吉尔福德取得的成就因他在约克镇的投降而被抹杀，他曾在七年战争中服役，并且拥有毋庸置疑的才能，后来他在印度表现出了极大的荣誉。