many policemen and soldiers for a long time showed restraint—partly because some probably sympathise with the red shirts’ grievances.
许多警察、士兵长时间以来一直保持克制——部分原因在于,也许他们也很同情「红衫军」们的遭遇。
there were many policemen on the scene of the accident.
有很多警察在案发现场。
had there been as many policemen standing outside the general post office in 1916 as there were yesterday morning, the rising would never have got off the ground.
如果1916年站在邮政大楼外的警察像昨天早上那么多的话,那次革命将无法顺利起事。
every night, many policemen patrol the streets and alleys of the city.
每天晚上都有很多警察在全市的大街小巷进行查巡。