2 In personal appearance he was strikingly handsome, in natural talent brilliant, in temperament kindly; he was aristocr2个人的外表，他醒目的英俊，天才灿烂，气质温和；他有高贵的面容和平静的性情，是个少见的天才演说家，一位优雅的学者，显著的节俭，而有责任心的土地持有者，温和，有雅量，深切注意其他人的权利。
A singularly unpleasant, upper class family who fifty years ago lived in a large manor house on a hill, the Riddle House一个不常见的令人讨厌的上层社会家族，五十年前住在山坡上的一座大宅邸，理德尔之宅，俯视一片墓地和一个教堂。
Despite the euphoria inspired by faster growth and the success of its software industry, it is singularly reluctant to f尽管经济的加速增长和软件产业的成功让印度欢呼雀跃，但它还是极不愿意面对全球竞争。
During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung up oppressively low 那年秋天的一天，天气阴沉，昏暗而又寂静，云层低压，令人窒息，整整一天我独自一人策马行进，穿过一条异常沉闷乏味的相间小路；不知不觉地，在暮色降临时分，我终于来到了那幢举目可望的凄凉的厄谢尔宅第。
It is the names that make this volume uniquely harrowing, singularly distressing, exceptionally depressing.正是这些人的名字，使得这本书让人觉得异常的痛心、难以释怀的悲哀和特殊的阴沉。