1)insinuate = to push 慢慢灌输
2)its 指代 minds
3)grasp 抓住不放,这里指 minds.
[译]我们只能温柔的灌输其他思想到他痉挛的脑子里。
4. …..,if it is really attended by the illumination of……the process of recuperation and
repair begins.
1)attend vt. 辅佐,辅助
2)by 通过某种手段 grip 紧握 relax 放松
3)recuperation = recovery 恢复 repair 修理,修复
The man is back to normal track . 这个人回到了正轨。
5. The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of first
importance to a public man.
1) cultivation = to build up 培养,建立
2) therefore adv. 所以 (承接上文)
3)policy :method 方法
4)first importance 第一位的重要性
5)public man : go out to work;参与社会工作的人。
social activist 社会活动家
undertaken =finished 从事 完成
undertake sth. (书面)做某事
by a mere command of the will... 仅仅通过意志的控制。
6. The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process.
growth 成长 alternative 二中选一的
alternative interest 替换型的兴趣
此句用了一个暗喻 metaphor (延伸:明喻 simile)