The bell almost shattered my jangled nerves.

Disturbing thoughts crowded into my mind.

我心乱如麻.

So she kept silence, and went about her affairs with a troubled heart.

于是,她一声不吭,忙这忙那, 可心乱如麻.

She was restless and even agitated.

她坐立不安,甚至心乱如麻.

There was distraction in the thought.

这个念头真令人心乱如麻.

His mind agitated with various emotions, ambitions, mortifications.

爱情、奢望和屈辱把他弄得心乱如麻.

He had a real feeling for literature, and he could impart his own passion admirable fluency.

他对文字具有真正的爱好, 能够痛快淋漓细致入微地把自己的感情表达出来.

They all joined in a very spirited critique upon the party.

她们凑在一起对那伙人发表了一通痛快淋漓的批评.

It is wretched Business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.

临渴掘井实可悲.

The company was notorious for shady deals.

该公司因其不法交易而臭名昭著。

The law was made for man and not man for the law.

法是为人而制定的,人不是不法而生就的.

They have since slashed dividends and will have to start issuing shares as well.

此后,公司分红一泻千里,不得不重启发行股票.

The falls are still moving today.

今天,瀑布依然一泻千里.

He lifted the brush pen, and wrote three words smoothly.

他举起笔来挥洒自如的写了三个字.

In good days we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.

在好日子里,我们对苦日子只有很淡漠,很不完全的记忆.

No one is worthy of a god unless he has paid no heed to riches.

只有对财富淡漠,才湛称为神.

Yet, ominous images of the century still loom over me, challenging my apathy.

然而不祥的世纪形象,不肯放过我的淡漠.

He had dull his craving for verbal truth.

他对于口头上的真话的渴求已经淡漠.

I am not made of money, you know!

你知道我又不是财神爷!

May the god of money give you a thriving business.

愿今年财神爷帮您招财进宝.

That term was invented not by me but by the peasants.

“财神爷”这个词,不是我的用语,是农民的发明.