解释一个VOA的句子
问题描述：
解释一个VOA的句子
The French government had been supplying the Americans secretly through the work of America's minster to France,Benjamin Franklin.
疑问在于throgh……后面如何理解?我理解成是法国通过本杰明来输送供给帮助.minster to意思为援助、而minster意思为首长?如何理解后半句?
答
The French government had been supplying the Americans secretly through the work of America's minister to France,Benjamin Franklin.
法国*一直通过美国驻法部长本杰明·富兰克林的工作来秘密支持美国.