That biography is an illuminating footnote to our times.那篇传记对我们这个时代是个很有启发性的补充说明。The narrative of the historian forms a fitting pendant to that of the satirist.史学家的记叙为讽刺作家的记叙作了贴切的补充说明。We sat in Lily's sunroom while I sketched in the situation.我们坐在莉莉的日光浴室里,我把目前形势的细节情况又补充说明了一下。