No sooner had the theme been pushed toward him, however, than it was violently fished back to be lingered over, pawed over, elongated, and generally devitalized by its sponsor.

然而，这个主题一被推向他，它就被粗暴地捞回来，被它的发起人逗留、抚摸、拉长，并普失去活力。

Immediately and rather spunkily she had borne him a son and, as if completely devitalized by the magnificence of this performance, she had thenceforth effaced herself within the shadowy dimensions of the nursery.

她立即​​相当勇敢地为他生了一个儿子，似乎完全被这场表演的所耗尽，从此她将自己隐藏在育儿室的阴暗空间中。