There were some who accused him of lukewarmness in his adopted religion, and others who put it down to greed of wealth and reluctance to incur expense.

因此，有些人指责他对于他所信奉的宗教并不虔诚。也有一些人认为他是吝啬财物，不肯破费。

Yes! he came very seldom, even for the dull cold purpose of lessons. Mr. Hale was disappointed in his pupil's lukewarmness about Greek literature, which had but a short time ago so great an interest for him.

是的！他很少来，即使是为了枯燥乏味的课程。黑尔先生对他的学生对希腊文学的冷淡感到失望，而不久前他还对希腊文学产生了如​​此大的兴趣。