Thus relieved of material cares he gave himself over to the ruling passion of his life, which was social relationships.

这样一来，他就摆脱了物质上的忧虑， 将自己投入到生活的主导激情中， 即社会关系。

Much more to the same effect did her aunt say, discussing the subject quite artistically and unconsciously appealing to several of Rose's ruling passions.

她姨妈说了更多同样的话，非常艺术地讨论这个话题，不知不觉地吸引了罗斯的几个主要激情。

The leisure hours allowed me were generally either employed over my books, or playing on the violin— an amusement which was the ruling passion of my youth.

允许我的闲暇时间通常要么用于读书，要么用于拉小提琴—— 这是我年轻时的主要爱好。

He talked at length of the Turks, of their oppression, of the sorrows and disasters of his countrymen, and of their hopes: concentrated meditation on a single ruling passion could be heard in every word he uttered.

他详尽地谈到了土耳其人，谈到了他们的压迫，谈到了他的同胞的悲痛和灾难，以及他们的希望：从他所说的每一个字中都可以听到对单一支配性激情的专注沉思。