A mere word, an unmeaning sound that fixes no impression on the mind.

一个简单的词， 一个毫无意义的声音， 不会在脑海中留下任何印象。

It's as if they woke only to collective contacts, and the single consciousness were an unmeaning fragment to them.

就好像他们只在集体接触中醒来， 而单一的意识对他们来说是毫无意义的碎片。

If love has made some women wretched — how many more has the cold unmeaning intercourse of gallantry rendered vain and useless!

如果爱情让一些女人变得悲惨——那么还有多少女人冷酷无意义的风流韵事变得徒劳无益呢！

This is called " patting, " accompanied with one of those unmeaning songs, composed rather for its adaptation to a certain tune or measure, than for the purpose of expressing any distinct idea.

这被称为“patting” ，伴随着其中一首无意义的歌曲，这些歌曲与其说是为了适应某种曲调或小节， 不如说是为了表达任何独特的想法。

It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature— neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly; neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but, like man, slighted and enduring; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its swarthy monotony.

荒原这个地方，眼下与人的性情完全协调一致——既不可怖，又不可恨，也不难看；既不平庸，又不呆板，也不消沉；但和人一样，受到冷落，默默忍耐着；它那单调不变的黝黑巨大无比，神秘莫测，尤为奇特。

I have grimaced a smile and pattered unmeaning words to many a person whom I despised or from whom in heart I shrank; I did so because I had not courage to do otherwise.

我曾对许多我鄙视或内心畏缩的人苦笑着说着无意义的话； 我这样做是因为我没有勇气不这样做。