Their leisured world had been turned topsy-turvy, and their pleadings, prayers and advice availed nothing against the powerful forces sweeping them along.

她们的悠闲生活已经天翻地覆，她们的开导、祈求和忠告已毫无用处，怎么也抵挡不住那股势如狂澜将她们席卷而去的巨大力量了。

In opportunities for acquiring a mastery of language, the poorest and busiest are at no large disadvantage as compared with the leisured rich.

在获得掌握语言的机会方面， 与有闲的富人相比， 最贫穷和最忙碌的人并没有太大的劣势。

" The truly leisured person, " Seneca wrote, " is one who is also conscious of his own leisure." The most valuable use of leisure, in his mind, is philosophy.

塞涅卡写道：“真正有闲暇的人是能意识到自己有闲暇的人。”在他看来，闲暇最有价值的用途是哲学。

The thought of sitting down to a meal in a quiet room among leisured people was like regaining some happier sphere of existence that he had known a long time ago and half-forgotten about.

一想到能在悠闲的人群中安静的房间里坐下来用餐，就好像重新找回了他很久以前就知道但几乎忘记了的更快乐的生活。

Fashions might change, dynasties might fall, horses' shoes in the quiet street change to the crying of a thousand taxi hooters, but Stacey and Brackett continued to make clothes with leisured efficiency for leisured and efficient gentlemen.

时尚可能会更替，王朝可能会更替，安静街道上的马蹄声会变成一千个出租车司机的叫喊声，但 Stacey 和 Brackett 继续以悠闲的效率为有闲而有效率的绅士们制作服装。