1786年春,杰斐逊同意亚当斯的请求去伦敦参加一项外交任务。杰斐逊在英国呆了6个星期,这是他在祖先的土地上逗留得最久的一次,终身难忘,但印象不好。当他被引见给国王和王后时,他感到“他们对亚当斯先生和我的接待很不礼貌,冷淡极了。”同外交大臣的第一次会谈,他就 In the spring of 1786, Jefferson agreed with Adams’s request to go to London to participate in a diplomatic mission. Jefferson spent six weeks in Britain. This is the longest time he has ever stayed on his ancestral land. He will never forget his life, but his impression is not good. When he was introduced to the king and the queen, he felt that “their reception to Mr. Adams and I was very impolite and extremely cold.” With the first meeting of the foreign minister, he