Beaufort knew all this, and must have foreseen it; and his taking the long journey for so small a reward gave the measure of his impatience.

博福特知道这一切， 而且一定预见到了；他为了如此微不足道的报酬而长途跋涉表明了他的不耐烦。

As the human meteoroid approached the sun or centre of attractive force, the attraction of one century squared itself to give the measure of attraction in the next.

当人类流星体接近太阳或吸引力中心时， 一个世纪的吸引力将自身平方以得出下一个世纪的吸引力。

However, during the two hours consecrated to digestion, the cooper, more facetious than he had ever been in his life, uttered a number of his own particular apothegms, —a single one of which will give the measure of his mind.

然而，在专门用来消化的两个小时里，桶匠比他一生中任何时候都更爱开玩笑，说出了许多他自己特别的格言——其中一个可以衡量他的想法。

It was precisely the odd absence of surprise in her that gave him the sense of her having been plucked out of a very maelstrom: the things she took for granted gave the measure of those she had rebelled against.

恰恰是她奇怪的没有惊讶让他觉得她是从一个非常大的漩涡中被拉出来的：她认为理所当然的事情衡量了她所反抗的事情。