I wanted to see if the Nautilus's heading was actually taking us closer to the coast or spiriting us farther away.

我要看诺第留斯号的方向是不是接近或离开海岸。

The baron had been the president of an electoral college; he had the brilliant idea of spiriting away the little squares of paper which contained the votes of one of the parties.

男爵曾是选举团的主席; 他有一个绝妙的主意， 把那些包含其中一个政党选票的小方块的纸搬走。