2. His character was moulded instead by his
soldierly father and by the old-school classical education he received at Winchester College.
他性格之形成,多得益于同为军人之令父,及在温切斯特公学所受旧派古典教育。
3. The lengthy snippets of
soldierly conversation, salty and despairing, sound just right, though they necessarily can be only reconstructions of the real thing.
书中同样记录了一些冗长乏味的军人谈话片段,对话充满苦楚与绝望,但显得很真实,尽管这些是出于需要而把真实事情重新加工得到的。