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largess n.1.慷慨地賞賜[援助];賞賜物。2.〔古語〕慷慨。3...

largesse

It is this largess that accounts for the presence within the city ' s walls of a considerable section of the population ; for the residents of manhattan are to a large extent strangers who have pulled up stakes somewhere and come to town , seeking sanctuary or fulfillment or some greater or lesser grail 這座城市里相當大的一部分人正是因為這種恩賜定居此地;因為曼哈頓的居民們大都是背井離鄉的外鄉人,試圖在這里找到庇護或者滿足,或是想要實現或大或小的愿望。

Martin dispensed royal largess , inviting everybody up , farm - hands , a stableman , and the gardener s assistant from the hotel , the barkeeper , and the furtive hobo who slid in like a shadow and like a shadow hovered at the end of the bar 馬丁出手闊綽,請大家都喝:幾個農場幫工一個馬夫旅館花匠的下手酒店老板,還有一個像幽靈一樣溜進來像幽靈一樣在柜臺一頭游蕩的。偷偷摸摸的流浪漢。

And from such largess , dispensed from his future , martin turned and took his one good suit of clothes to the pawnshop 馬丁贈送了這份將來才能兌現的禮物之后,轉身便把他僅有的一套漂亮衣服送進了當鋪。