In his imagination rose the gloomy scenes of the hundreds and thousands of human beings pent up in the pestiferous air.

他的想象中， 出现成百上千的人被困充满瘟疫的空气中的阴暗景象。

In these solemn moments man discovers the germ of those vices, which like the Java tree shed a pestiferous vapour around — death is in the shade!

些庄严的时刻，人们发现那些罪恶的萌芽，它们就树一样周围散发出有害的蒸汽——死亡就阴影中！

It is the pestiferous purple which renders the progress of civilization a curse, and warps the understanding, till men of sensibility doubt whether the expansion of intellect produces a greater portion of happiness or misery.

正是种传染性的紫色使文明的进步成为一种诅咒，并扭曲理解力，直到有理智的人怀疑智力的扩展是否会带来更多的幸福或痛苦。