Conversation during the meal would have languished more than once but for the tact and affability of the Chinese; now, in his absence, a rather unhappy silence supervened.

如果不是中国人的机智和亲切， 用餐期间的谈话不止一次会变得平淡无奇； 现在，他不在，随之而来的是一种相当不愉快的沉默。

He would have obtained powerful support against the mayor but the elections might supervene, and it was only too evident that the directorship of the workhouse was inconsistent with voting on the wrong side.

他本可以获得强有力的支持反对市长，但选举可能会随之而来，而且济贫院的董事职位与投票给错误的一方是不一致的，这一点再清楚不过了。

I am far from meaning that this is invariably the case, and I could give several exceptional cases of variations (taking the word in the largest sense) which have supervened at an earlier age in the child than in the parent.

我并不是说情况总是如此，我可以举出几个例外的变异案例（从最大意义上使用这个词）， 这些变异在孩子身上发生的时间比在父母身上发生的时间早。