Old Sergeant is the classic bore: there is hardly a subject that you can mention that will not make him animadvert upon some aspect of human nature,usually in a series of unbearable cliches.

• 老士官是个典型的令人讨厌的人：你所能提出的问题，几乎没有不会使他在人性方面予以评论的，而且通常用一连串难以令人忍受的陈词滥调。