And since the opportunities for oral practice enormously outbalance those for written, it is the oral which are chiefly significant in the development of literary power.

由于口头练习的机会超过书面练习的机会， 因此口头练习对学能的发展具有重要意义。

I cannot acquit myself of having indirectly contributed to debauch the taste of a simple folk; but I hope that the end I had in view may finally outbalance this heavy charge.

我不能为自己间接促成败坏一个普通人的开脱罪责；但我希望我所期望的结果最终能够抵消这一沉重的负担。