Another case of men devoting their lives to studying more and more about less and less—filling volumes and libraries with the subtle linguistic analysis of the grunt.

这是人们奉献生命，不断钻研愈来愈细微事物的另一例证——只根据一些无意义的嘟囔声做出的精细语言分析，就能写下一本本厚书来填满图书馆。

On board Philip passed some of his time filling out Admiralty Form S519, " Journal for Use of Junior Officers" , a ruggedly bound volume with marbled endpapers.

菲利普在船上花了些时间填写海军部第S519期《初级军官使用日志》，这是一本装订粗糙、内页有大理石花纹的日志。