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As for Ambrose Bierce,"The Devil's Dictionary" was republished a couple of years ago, and continues to sell respectably.

至于安布鲁斯·比尔斯，他的《魔鬼辞典》两年前再版，继续销售可观。

Slightly disturbed in his sentrybox by the brazier of live coke the watcher of the corporation stones who, though now broken down and fast breaking up, was none other in stern reality than the Gumley aforesaid, now practically on the parish rates, given the temporary job by Pat Tobin in all human probability from dictates of humanity knowing him before shifted about and shuffled in his box before composing his limbs again in to the arms of Morpheus, a truly amazing piece of hard lines in its most virulent form on a fellow most respectably connected and familiarised with decent home comforts all his life who came in for a cool 100 pounds a year at one time which of course the doublebarrelled ass proceeded to make general ducks and drakes of.

岗亭里，跟前正燃着一盆焦炭的那位市政府守夜人被吵着了。他衰弱已极，眼看就要垮了。他不是别人，原来就是前面曾提到过的冈穆利。如今他实际上是靠教区的救济金过日子。过去认识他的帕特。托宾，十之八九是出于人道的动机，安排他在这儿当上个临时工。他在岗亭里翻来复去，来回改变姿势，最后才把四肢安顿在睡神的怀抱之中。他现在的境遇无比恶劣，真是令人惊异。他本有着最体面的亲戚，生来习惯于优裕舒适的家庭环境，一度曾挣过一百英镑年薪。

For instance there was the case of O'Callaghan, for one, the halfcrazy faddist, respectably connected though of inadequate means, with his mad vagaries among whose other gay doings when rotto and making himself a nuisance to everybody all round he was in the habit of ostentatiously sporting in public a suit of brown paper.

除了他们本人，谁也怪不得。就以奥卡拉汉。然后只好在几个朋友的帮助下躲藏起来。下都柏林堡警察厅的约翰。马伦曾露骨地暗示要对他睁一只眼闭一只眼，以避免根据刑法改正条例第二条对他进行惩罚。

They were people of a sort very common in America today, who live respectably from hand to mouth.

他们属于如今在美国很普通的那一种人：靠工资过着体面生活的的人。

Times have changed and our community is scattered. Now we want to live respectably.

时代变了，我们的部落也开始分裂，我们希望有尊严地活着。

He dressed respectably and went to the party.

他穿得很体面去参加这个派对。

To be conscious of one's virtue is to die respectably.

对美德的注重就是体面地死亡。

The man seemed poor, but he was respectably dressed.

这个男人似乎很穷，但是他穿的很体面。

She helped me understand that making money respectably is actually not that hard in Hong Kong.

她使我意识到在香港体面地挣钱交不太难。

Predictions that a respectably sized city would be left without a single newspaper have so far proven false.

任何相当规模的城市都不会只有一种单一报纸的预言目前看来是假的。

We are forbidden from giving money to these shoeless, skinny children, as this will perpetuate begging.

向光着脚，骨瘦如柴的孩子施舍是不可以的，因为要招来无休无止的乞讨。

It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.

要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。