2. There is no revenge like oblivion : burying others in the dust of their inanity. 没有什么报复手段比得上漠视:让对手埋没在自己的无知愚昧的尘埃之中。
3. It was a tonic to watch Mrs. Thatcher making rings round Mr. Short and mocking the intellectual inanity of this case. 瞧一瞧撒切尔夫人把肖特先生搞得晕头转向并嘲笑他智力上的贫乏,是一种使人振奋的滋补剂。