As the exchange between michael and me fluctuated from laughs to whispers , confessions to assessments , this couple ' s poignant stillness called to me 迈克尔和我的交谈，从欢笑到低语，从表白到评论起伏不断，而这对老夫妇痛切的沉寂触动了我。
He struggled long to keep up an equality with catherine in her studies , and yielded with poignant though silent regret : but he yielded completely ; and there was no prevailing on him to take a step in the way of moving upward , when he found he must , necessarily , sink beneath his former level 他长久努力想要跟凯瑟琳在她的求学上保持平等的地位，却带着沉默的而又痛切的遗憾，终于舍弃了而且他是完全舍弃了。当他发觉他必须，而且必然难免，沉落在他以前的水平以下的时候，谁也没法劝他往上走一步。
