Expressing himself sparely, he zeroes in on physical details that are tellingly ugly or bluntly unpoetic.

他不拘一格地表达自己，专注于丑陋或毫无诗意的身体细节。

“I've just taken one or two liberties with your copy, ” he would say, meaning that it had been completely rewritten into the best simple, accurate, sparely punctuated Colquhoun prose.

他会说，“我把你的稿子做了一两处处理”，意思是，稿子已经改成最简洁、最准确、标点最少的科尔克霍恩风格。

But after withering away for a month, fed so sparely on rice gruel that he felt an urge to consume the flesh of the dead, he was asked to paint portraits of the regime's leader, Pol Pot.

一个月过去他逐渐消瘦萎靡，吃的不过是稀粥，他只想速死，但这时有人要他去画领袖像：红色高棉的领袖波尔布特（Pol Pot）。

Edgar sighed; and walking to the window, looked out towards Gimmerton Kirk. It was a misty afternoon, but the February sun shone dimly, and we could just distinguish the two fir trees in the yard, and the sparely scattered gravestones.

埃德加叹息着；走到窗前，向外望着吉默吞教堂。那是一个有雾的下午，但是二月的太阳还在淡淡地照着，我们还可以分辨出墓园里的两棵枞树，和那些零零落落的墓碑。

But Herbert's was a very different case, and it often caused me a twinge to think that I had done him evil service in crowding his sparely furnished chambers with incongruous upholstery work, and placing the Canary-breasted Avenger at his disposal.

但赫伯特的情况截然不同，想到我把他简陋的房间塞满了不协调的室内装潢，并把金丝雀胸脯的复仇者供他使用，这常常让我感到刺痛。