They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes.

他们掀倒了木桩和栅栏。他们挥舞斧头砍倒了栅栏。

And there are obstacles in the way: they must be hewn down.

路上有障碍：必须砍掉它们。

Firm, faithful, and devoted, full of energy, and zeal, and truth, he labours for his race; he clears their painful way to improvement; he hews down like a giant the prejudices of creed and caste that encumber it.

他坚定、忠诚、忠诚、充满活力、热情和诚实，为他的种族而努力；他扫清了他们痛苦的进步之路；他像巨人一样砍掉阻碍它的信仰和种姓偏见。

But when he began to hew down a tree, it was not long before he made a false stroke, and the axe cut him in the arm, so that he had to go home and have it bound up.

但是当他开始砍树的时候，没多久他就失手了，斧头砍伤了他的胳膊， 只好回家把它包扎起来。