8.Along with the abolishment of trade and tariff protections, these unilateral actions were, in Osterhammel's estimation, " unprecedented, indeed revolutionary." They helped establish Britain among its Western peers as the benign hegemon of the worldwide imperial system.
在奥斯特哈梅尔看来,这
单边行动与贸易和关税保护一起,是“前所未有的,确实是
命性的”。他们帮助英国在西方同行中确立了世界帝国体系的良性霸主地位。机翻