His mind, atrophied by the stultifying work he did day in day out, was incapable of conceiving any hopes or dreams other than those connected with the Admiralty.

• 他那副被各种令人愚蠢的日常工作而耗损的头脑，除了那些和他的部里相关事务之物，早已没有其他的思想、其他的希望及其他的梦想了。