" We caught him in the very act of stealing" .

“我们在他偷窃的时候抓住了他”。

In the very act of asserting himself he lays aside what is distinctively his.

就在坚持自我的行为中， 他把属于自己的东西放在一边。

In the very act of running to climb Colonel Pyncheon's knee, the boy had discovered the old Puritan to be a corpse.

就在他跑去爬上品钦上校的膝盖时，男孩发现这位老清教徒已成为一具尸体。

Peter had a glimpse of a horrible, grey, gaunt creature, half man and half wolf, in the very act of leaping upon a boy about his own age.

彼得一眼看见一只面目狰狞的灰色庞然大物，一半儿是人，一半儿是狼，正疯狂地扑向一个年纪与自己差不多的少年。

What a misfortune, indeed, should it come too soon, since his reviving consciousness would bring the recollection of the ignominious offence which he had beheld his nephew in the very act of committing!

事实上，如果它来得太早， 那将是多么不幸， 因为他苏醒的意识会让他想起他亲眼目睹的侄子犯下的可耻罪行！