Claude was probably a humbug , whose vanity , ambition , and intelligence led him to carve out a niche as the wickedest man in the world ; there is always room for a sadist at the top 克劳德或许不过是个骗子，他的虚荣、野心和才智使他在世上恶人中争得魁首之名：有残忍癖，总能爬上顶端。
And looking back through my work ， i see that it is invariably where i lacked a political purpose that i wrote lifeless books and was betrayed into purple passages ， sentences without meaninmeaning ， decorative adjectives and humbug generally 就会坠入华而不实的篇章，写出毫无意义的句子，卖弄矫饰的形容词和堆砌一大堆空话废话。
This , par parenthese , will be thought cool language by persons who entertain solemn doctrines about the angelic nature of children , and the duty of those charged with their education to conceive for them an idolatrous devotion : but i am not writing to flatter parental egotism , to echo cant , or prop up humbug ; i am merely telling the truth Parenthese ，会被某些人视为过于冷淡，这些人持有庄严的信条，认为孩子要有天使般的本性，承担孩子教育责任者，应当对他们怀有偶象崇拜般的虔诚。不过这样写并不是迎合父母的利己主义，不是附和时髦的高论，不是支持骗人的空谈。我说的无非是真话。
Trelawney , said the doctor , contrary to all my notions , i believe you have managed to get two honest men on board with you - that man and john silver . silver , if you like , cried the squire ; but as for the intolerable humbug , i declare i think his conduct unmanly , unsailorly , and downright un - english “西尔弗，要是你愿意， ”乡绅嚷道， “但是至于那个让人无法忍受的空话家，我敢断言，我认为他的行为是没有大丈夫气概的，没有水手气概的，并且彻头彻尾不像个英国人。 ”
But will helped me through it - though perhaps you think me a humbug for saying it - and immediately afterwards i felt that , of all persons in the world whom it was my duty and desire to save from the wrath to come - sneer if you like - the woman whom i had so grievously wronged was that person 但是意志帮助我克服了我这样说你也许把我当成骗子啦后来我立即感到，我的责任和愿望就是把所有的人从上帝的惩罚中拯救出来，在你听了也许在嘲笑我在被拯救的那些人中间，头一个要拯救的就是那个被我伤害的女人。
