A stranger with a flair for cocktail party descriptive prose

如果一个擅长在鸡尾酒会上绘声绘色
might have commented that the room, at a quick glance,

讲故事的人第一次进入这个房间
looked as if it had once been tenanted by two struggling

也许会说一眼看上去这里像是租给
twelve-year-old lawyers or researchists.

两个奋发图强的十二岁的律师或研究员
And then if you flip back to-- let's see--172 describing Zooey's

然后往回看在第一百七十二页上
sweaty shirt, "His shirt was, in the familiar phrase, wringing

对祖伊的湿衬衫的描写他的衬衫
wet."

用陈词滥调说就是湿透了
And there are lots of moments like this, self-conscious

还有很多像这样的时刻
moments of style.

不自然的时刻的风格
So, "in the familiar phrase, 'wringing wet,'" he's saying,

用陈词滥调来说完全湿透了他说
"I'm about to use a cliché.

我想要用一些陈词滥调
Here it is. There it is."

这里还有那里