Since he couldn't pay off his gambling debt, he left university and began working for magazines.

因为无法偿还赌债，他离开了大学，开始在杂志社工作。

To pay off his gambling debt.

来还清自己的赌债。

It was gambling debts, wasn't it?

为了还赌债 是吧?

As an unskilled game player, he often lost money. Since he couldn't pay off his gambling debt, he left university and began working for magazines.

他打牌技术不好，经常输钱。由于无法偿还赌债，他离开了学校，开始为杂志社工作。

In 1887, while William was at Harvard University, he decided to take over the small newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner, which his father had accepted as payment for a gambling debt several years earlier.

1887年，当威廉在哈佛大学读书时，他决定接管一家小报纸《旧金山问询报》，几年前他的父亲将其作为一笔赌债接收了下来。