Troubles and other realities took on themselves a metaphysical impalpability , sinking to mere mental phenomena for serene contemplation , and no longer stood as pressing concretions which chafed body and soul 一切烦恼和现实中的事情都化作了抽象的虚无缥缈的东西，变成了仅仅供人沉思默想的精神现象，再也不是折磨肉体和灵魂的紧迫的具体的东西。
The tremendous amount of time spent on newspapers i regard as not reading at all , for the average readers of papers are mainly concerned with getting reports about events and happenings without contemplative value 我认为人们花费大量的时间去阅读报纸，并不是读书，因为一般阅报者大抵只注意到事件发生或经过的情形的报告，完全没有沉思默想的价值。
After leaving the pension orfila that afternoon i went to the library and there , after bathing in the ganges and pondering over the signs of the zodiac , i began to reflect on the meaning of that inferno which strindberg had so mercilessly depicted 那天下午离开奥尔菲拉公寓后我去了图书馆，在恒河中沐寓沉思默想了一阵黄道十二宫，然后我便开始琢磨斯特林堡无情地描写的那个地狱的含义。
Over and over had she told herself that as she mused by the dying embers in a brown study without the lamp because she hated two lights or oftentimes gazing out of the window dreamily by the hour at the rain falling on the rusty bucket , thinking 由于她讨厌室内有两个亮光，就连灯也不点。忧思重重，守着炉火的余烬出神，一遍又一遍地对自己这么说着。有时她又一连几个钟头恍恍惚惚地凝视着窗外那打在生锈的铁桶上的雨水，沉思默想。
She was not allowed much time for meditation : a monitor , a great rough girl , presently came up , exclaiming in a strong cumberland accent - helen burns , if you don t go and put your drawer in order , and fold up your work this minute , i ll tell miss scatcherd to come and look at it 从她的神态上我知道她不想跟我再谈下去了，而情愿同自己的思想交流。她也没有很多时间可以沉思默想了，马上就来了一位班长，一个又大又粗的姑娘，带着很重的昆布兰口音叫道：
But besides his frequent absences , there was another barrier to friendship with him : he seemed of a reserved , an abstracted , and even of a brooding nature . zealous in his ministerial labours , blameless in his life and habits , he yet did not appear to enjoy that mental serenity , that inward content , which should be the reward of every sincere christian and practical philanthropist 他似乎是个生性寡言少语心不在焉沉思默想的人，尽管他对牧师工作非常热情，生活习惯上也无可指摘，但他好像并没有享受到每个虔诚的基督徒和脚踏实地的慈善家应得的酬报：内心的宁静和满足。
