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

在新英格， 徒至高无上，尽管王室竭力压制们的权威。

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.

主要和次要就业之间的界限似良好的常识不再压倒的糟糕理论的关键心理点。