1.I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.

【參考譯文】我發(fā)現(xiàn)人若大部分時間用于獨處，將有益身心。與人為伴，即使是摯友，也很快會有厭煩或虛度光陰的感覺。

【結構解析】“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time”句中“be alone”后省略了“in”，"in company"意思是“有人陪伴、與人為伴”，“even with the best”后省略了“friend”。

2. We meet at the post-office, and at the sociable, and about the fireside every night; we live thick and are in each other’s way, and stumble over one another, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.

【參考譯文】我們相遇在郵局，邂逅在社交場所，圍坐在夜晚的爐火旁，交情甚篤，彼此干擾著，糾纏著；實際上我認為這樣我們都或多或少失去了對彼此的尊重。

【結構解析】“about the fireside”中的about意思是“在...附近，周圍”，thick 在這里作副詞，意思是“厚,濃,密”，如：Offers of help are coming in thick and fast.
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