"was an ever widening ripple on the surface of the lake"

"湖面上只剩下一圈圈漾开的涟漪"

I've missed the last train now.

我已经错过了最后一班火车

For the time being.

只是暂时而已

and how important you were during the Sangala crisis.

以及你在桑加拉危机中所起的至关重要的作用

Now what am I going to do? Stacy's in the building.

我现在该怎么办 史黛西在这栋楼上班

you pathological liar.

你个病态的骗子

Well, there's only one way to find out.

只有一种方法可以知道他的目的

You really do look for the best in people, don't you?

你总是把人往好的方面想

we have no designated successor.

我们并没有指派的继任者

leaving the door wide open for a military dictatorship.

对于军事独裁来说却有很大机会

In this respect it seems to me

从这个角度切入

than the foundation of the entire discipline.

而是整个学科的基石