The Scotia hadn't run afoul of something, it had been fouled, and by a cutting or perforating instrument rather than a blunt one.

斯科舍号并没有与什么东西发生冲突，它只是被一种切割或穿孔的工具而不是钝器弄脏了。

The American mind was not a thought at all; it was a convention, superficial, narrow, and ignorant; a mere cutting instrument, practical, economical, sharp, and direct.

美国人的头脑根本不是一个想法； 这是一种约定俗成的、肤浅的、狭隘的、无知的； 一个纯粹的切割工具， 实用、经济、锋利、直接。