悲惨

Eric Blair (who took the pen name George Orwell) was an austere socialist—albeit Old Etonian—whose egalitarian convictions were etched into his soul by a miserable childhood and who despised churchy cant.

是一名朴素的社会主义者——虽然师出老伊顿公学（注：伊顿公学是英国最好的贵族中校，后来&老伊顿人&成为无能败家子的代称）——他的平等主义信仰因一段悲惨的童年而深深地烙印在他的灵魂之中，他鄙视教条陈规。

Claustration has had its day. Cloisters, useful in the early education of modern civilization, have embarrassed its growth, and are injurious to its development.

修院，尤其是古代的女修院，正如本世纪初还继续在意大利、奥地利、西班牙存在，确是一种最悲惨的中世纪的体现。

Golly, this is without a doubt my all-time crummiest moment.

哎呀，这毫无疑问是我一生中最悲惨的时候！

Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in,"Africa's Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth," October 2005, National Geographic magazine

图片为《国家地理杂志》2005年10月号的&非洲的丹纳基尔沙漠：地球上最悲惨的地方&一文而拍摄，未刊发，图文据此文改编

Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in,"Africa's Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth," October 2005, National Geographic magazine

图片为《国家地理杂志》2005年10月号的&非洲丹纳基尔沙漠：地球上最悲惨的地方&一文而拍摄，未刊发，图文据此文改编

" Woe to me, poor Dannie."

我真是悲惨欧。

While no man is much to be envied for his lot, there are countless numbers whose fate is to be deplored.

尽管没有人太羡慕他的土地，但是许多人的命运却是悲惨的。

While no man is much to be envied for his lot, there are countlessnumbers whose fate is to be deplored .

没有多少人值得被妒忌，却有数不清的人命运悲惨的让我们可怜。

While no man is much to be envied for his lot, there are countless numbers whose fate is to be deplored.

没有几个人因幸运的命运而被妒忌，却有不计其数的人因悲惨的命运而被同情。

The harrowing war scenes never feel like director's grandstanding[4], and the sentimental moments are heart-wrenching without becoming drippy.

悲惨的战争场面从不会让人觉得导演是在故意买弄，那些感伤的时刻令人感到心痛，而不是流泪。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。