Traces of the fierce, unsociable, eagle-eyed, hard-drinking hunter remained.
那个凶猛、孤僻、目光锐利、酗酒的猎人的痕迹依然存。
During his training, Orwell learned Burmese quickly and was apparently able to speak to Burmese priests within a few years, but he remained unsociable and lacked the ability for heavy drinking that the Burmese police force was known for.
训练期间, 奥威尔很快就学会了缅甸语, 几年之内显然就能与缅甸牧师交谈,但他仍然不合群, 而且缺乏缅甸警察部队闻名的酗酒能力。
Where was he to find a second? He did not have a single friend. He had several acquaintances, but they all regularly left him after six weeks of social intercourse. " I am unsociable, " he thought, and " I am now cruelly punished for it" .
他去哪里找第二个?他没有一个朋友。他有几个熟人,但六周的社交之后,他们都经常离开他。 “我性格孤僻,”他想,“我现正因此受到残酷的惩罚”。