There was something in its oppressive horizontality which too much reminded him of the arena of life; it gave him a sense of bare equality with, and no superiority to, a single living thing under the sun.
在那令人感到压抑的平坦中存在某样东西,使人联想起人生的角斗场;令他感到在太阳下面,任何生物之间都是完全平等的,谁也不比谁差。