只好放弃

• He talked only when he had to , and then his speech was like his walk to the table , filled with jerks and halts as he groped in his polyglot vocabulary for words , debating over words he knew were fit but which he feared he could not pronounce , rejecting other words he knew would not be understood or would be raw and harsh
  他只在非说话不可时说话，说起话来又像他到餐桌来时那样磕磕绊绊，犹豫停顿。他在他那多国混合词汇中斟酌选择，有的词他知道合运却怕发错了音有的词又怕别人听不懂，或是太粗野刺耳，只好放弃。他一直感到压力。