来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说第11集第11集》

can't get it out of his mind.

他一直无法释怀
He'd rather sit and wonder.

他宁可干坐着胡思乱想
His curious fancy is more active than his desire.

他好奇的想象比他的欲望更活跃
Or, you might say, his desire to know is more active

或者可以说他对真相的渴求远大于
than his desire to love.

他对爱的渴求
But there is yet a complication to this problem.

而这个问题则更为复杂
It's not just about Menelaus and what he chooses to do

它不仅仅是关于梅内莱厄斯以及他
with his desire.

如何面对他的渴求
It's also about Helen and her action and her answer.

同时还包括了海伦的行为和她的回答
On 156 he reflects.

在156页他有所反思
Seven years of this, more or less, not much conversation,

"七年之中他们几乎没有交谈
something wrong with the marriage.

这段婚姻出现了问题