In New England the Puritans were supreme, notwithstanding the efforts of the crown to overbear their authority.

在新英格兰， 清教徒至高无上，尽竭力压制他们的权威。

The line between primary and secondary employment seems to be the critical psychological point at which his good common sense ceases to overbear his bad theory.

主和次业之间的界限似乎是他良好的常识不再压倒他的糟糕理论的关键心理点。